“While I was visiting Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two trees caught my
attention. Though the leaves on the surrounding trees were not moving, the
leaves of these trees were fluttering with just the slightest hint of a breeze.
I pointed them out to my wife, and she told me they were called quaking aspens.
I was struck by the visual effect of those shaking leaves. While all the other
trees appeared calm and steady, the quaking aspen leaves shook, even with only
the faintest breeze”(C.B. – american writer).
Sometimes
I feel like a quaking aspen. People around me seem to be moving through life
without issues or concerns, apparently steady and secure, while even the
slightest issue can unsettle my heart. I see others and marvel at their calm
and wonder why my own life can so easily be filled with turbulence. Thankfully,
the Scriptures remind me that genuine, steadying calm can be found in the
presence of God. Paul wrote, “Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace
always in every way. The Lord be with you all” (2 Thess. 3:16). Not only does
God offer peace, He Himself is the Lord of peace.
When we
enter the disturbing, unsettling seasons of life, it is good to know that real
peace is available in the God of all peace.
Peace is
more than the absence of conflict; peace is the presence of God. (RBC)
