Good Morning, Team! It’s Tuesday!

I hope your Easter was enjoyable.

I was given the building blocks pictured above from my mother a number of years ago. Like every mother, mine wants what is best for her children. My sense of urgency, restlessness and drive…have not always served me well or been translated with the most noble intent. That is code for I can make people uncomfortable without even trying, which is not my desire, so if I can chill out (find peace) more often, I can influence rather than inadvertently intimidate.

Under each block is a passage. See below:

•You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!

Isaiah 26:3

•Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of highest privilege, where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.

Romans 5:1-2

•Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until that day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God who calls you, is faithful: he will do this.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6-7

•I am leaving you with a gift – peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.

John 14:27

I think of peace in the context of “peace and quiet”. A low heart rate, no random, worrisome thoughts running through my head, no tension, no strife, no barriers to taking a nap in the middle of the day. Being content that you have served some purpose or knowing you are good enough, at least for the time being.

Have a blessed week!

Eric