One Of A KindSample

What do you think of when you think of the word peace? I’m not talking about a piece of cake (but I mean, who doesn’t love cake?) or having a piece or part of something. I’m talking about the kind of peace that makes everything feel just a little bit better. The kind of peace that happens when two people forgive each other after they’ve had a huge fight. Or the peace that you feel when you sit on the beach and watch the waves in the ocean. Peace is the feeling of taking a deep breath and letting everything around you go really quiet. Even hearing the word itself might make your mind go blank and empty, like you don’t have to worry about anything at all. And who wouldn’t want that? I think we all want that kind of peace in our lives. When you’re at peace, you can relax and know that you are safe.  

But sometimes, when you close your eyes and take a deep breath, you might start to feel something that is the complete opposite of peace. Instead of relaxing and feeling safe, you might feel like there is a war going on in your head, with one side fighting against the other. Even though you know that God believes you are priceless…you can start to feel like maybe you aren’t worth anything. Or your thoughts can try to tell you that you don’t belong, that who you are isn’t important, or even that you might be too much for God. Even if you know that those things aren’t true, it can be hard to ignore those voices inside your head. They may even be so loud that you don’t think that they will ever go away. 

But our God is the God of Peace. And He not only wants to quiet those voices in your head, He actually wants to CRUSH them. And you know what? He will. God is more powerful than any voice that’s in your head. He’s stronger than anything that tries to tell you who you are. And the best part is, God always wins. When you already know who’s going to win, you don’t have to worry about the fight. You can have peace knowing that God is in control. 

It can be pretty cool to think about God actually crushing the voices in our head that try to take away our peace. Take some time today to draw a picture of what that might look like for you. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be an amazing artist. But it may help you to see the things in your head actually being crushed by God. Put this picture somewhere that you will see it every day.