{"id":3303,"date":"2020-04-23T05:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3303"},"modified":"2020-04-22T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:19:11","slug":"peace-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/?p=3303","title":{"rendered":"peace and love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Lewis<\/a> and it has been one week since I surrendered my life to Christ. I said: \u201cLord, You have given Your life to save me… thank You. I don\u2019t understand everything, but I am offering myself to You and trusting You completely\u2026 even in this horrible pandemic. Take my life and do with me as You please.\u201d<\/p>\n

I feel as if I am a new man. My outlook, my attitude, and my whole mindset have changed. A good friend always told me I needed to seek the true meaning of life\u2026 and I am beginning to understand. With so much free time during our mandated confinement, I have decided to read the Bible. My friends and family would really laugh if they saw me now.<\/p>\n

I now possess a peace I have never experienced. This peace is more powerful than any fear. In trying to understand it, I\u2019ve concluded much stems from this truth: God loves me. The Bible says He has known me before I was even born and that He longs for me to know Him.<\/p>\n

Jesus said: \u201cNow this is eternal life: that they know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.\u201d Granted, it has only been a week, but knowing God changes everything! God is love and He loves me despite my past, despite my wrongdoings, despite my years living opposed to Him. He has provided forgiveness and hope and a future. He is the Source of peace.<\/p>\n

My friend says this peace is supernatural\u2026 and I guess it is\u2026 but isn\u2019t it also a natural product of the Father\u2019s love? Do we not witness peace in the faces of our sleeping children? In a loving, stable home with parents present, a child need not worry. Peace flows from love.<\/p>\n

I am no expert\u2026 but my life has changed. Amidst the troubles, peace has come into my heart and into my home. Will it exist if I experience loss? Will it remain if I get sick or a family member gets sick? I can\u2019t yet speak from experience, but my heart tells me sorrow still exists in our world and difficulties do not disappear\u2026 but the love of God cannot be changed. If He is the Author of peace, then peace is always possible. \u201cWith God, all things are possible.\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI will put My laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, \u2018Know the Lord,\u2019 because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.\u201d Hebrews 8:10-12<\/p>\n

\u201cRejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.\u201d Philippians 4:4-7<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.\u201d I John 4:16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, my name is Lewis and it has been one week since I surrendered my life to Christ. I said: \u201cLord, You have given Your life to save me… thank You. I don\u2019t understand everything, but I am offering myself to You and trusting You completely\u2026 even in this horrible pandemic. Take my life and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3303"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3303\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airwoof.org\/journey\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}