"It Is Well."

"When peace like a river attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll,
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
it is well, it is well with my soul."

True peace is a destination in which many travel toward, but RARELY reach. you see, in STRIVING for peace, you turn away from it. All the time I hear the words, "If I only had______, my life would be so much better." Or, "If those people would do what they aught to, I could get on with MY life." You see we work, and work, and work so excruciatingly hard that peace really becomes quite impossible. Its not until you learn to accept what is happening and let God control your life that you will have peace. Now lets be honest here, you cant just sit around and do nothing! But you surely cant do everything either. So lets give God some room to work.

Now, I must say, nothing is more ridiculous than when people put THEIR state of being into other peoples hands. Because trust me honey, they will stomp all over YOUR peace just to achieve their own. When you let a man or a woman be your "source of optimism" you may as well just hand them the knife to stab you in the back. Only God can grant us peace in life.

Romans 5:1-5 says, "Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowung that tribulation produces perserverance; and perserverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not dissapoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy spirit who was given to us."

So even though today may be the worst day of your life, rejoice, because through that you shall grow.