“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)
