tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479353484011316066.post7758456184935711355..comments2023-08-10T07:09:58.650-04:00Comments on Living Peacefully Less Stressed: Week 3: Peace is GoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479353484011316066.post-52917305023948452212009-06-28T22:52:07.216-04:002009-06-28T22:52:07.216-04:00Oh, yes. (I had to look back and see.)
I do feel...Oh, yes. (I had to look back and see.)<br /><br />I do feel like stress can take away my peace, but I'm also beginning to understand that we face temporary, minor stresses everyday, but can still have that deeper, permeating peace. For example, the other evening at Lipscomb, it was 1,000 degrees; the kids were dirty and tired; I was tired; I needed to begin to load them up and make the 25 minute drive to the house we were staying to give them baths and put them to bed; Greg had just learned that the bus wouldn't crank (and we were supposed to leave the next morning); I had just spent half an hour on a fruitless internet and cell phone quest for alternate transportation while my daughter climbed on a table and my son literally de-bricked Bison Square; I didn't know where Greg was; I was nauseated; and I was currently in an unconditioned bathroom in the stall with my son waiting for him to poop. <br /><br />At that moment, I felt kind of like I was going to lose my mind.<br /><br />But five minutes later, as I hauled my two children across campus to the van, I reflected on why I was feeling so frustrated (a practice I got from you), and I realized that it was just the boiling point of several, temporary, physical circumstances. And it had passed. Hopefully, one day, I won't be such a slave to the physical and won't get so frustrated by such things, but even now, I can recognize it as a passing stress that really has nothing to do with my inner peace. <br /><br />So I guess my answer is to your question is: sometimes. If it is a faith-based or long-term stress, then yes. But I think we can have the little stresses that come with everyday, recognize them as such, and not let them interfere with our deeper joy and peace.<br /><br />Sorry that was so long! Love you!Greg and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705061720552592112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479353484011316066.post-79861367234714788772009-06-28T22:43:11.246-04:002009-06-28T22:43:11.246-04:00Wow. I LOVE these verses. They really illuminate...Wow. I LOVE these verses. They really illuminate how wonderful peace is. I am so thankful to have had a front row seat as you have traveled down the path God had for you this past year, b/c it has personally given me so much peace in my life. I was just ruminating to Greg on the way home from Nashville, that though this year has been rough circumstantially, and while I have daily bouts of frustration in the whole motherhood/homemaking journey, overall, I feel a real peace and joy that permeates despite the external circumstances, major or minor. And I really feel like God has used you and your pursuit of peace to help bless me with that. <br /><br />I know this was not in response to your discussion question, but it is in response to your blog. Just reading the way you laid out the Word made me realize how much I love peace, and how grateful I am to you for helping to show it to me so clearly.<br /><br />Okay, the discussion question....hmm, what was it?Greg and Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705061720552592112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3479353484011316066.post-91521959487314457782009-06-27T17:47:00.598-04:002009-06-27T17:47:00.598-04:00I missed class on Wednesday and will be in northwe...I missed class on Wednesday and will be in northwest TN. I hate to be out. Peace to me is something to strive toward. Growing up in the home that I did as a child never gave me a true feeling of peace. It is something I have seen my dear mother crave. I am trying to come to peace with some of my past hurts. I think peace does not mean we forget but we do not have the raw hurt and constant replaying of the hurts in our minds or hearts. It means there is a contentment and assurance. This true feeling of peace comes from God. That is why I am striving to get closer to God.Daphiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01089076470585581063noreply@blogger.com