so the saying goes. actually, that's one coined by my roommate and myself last year, in the height of my Cold War studies (read: when I was buried behind Cold War memoirs, records, and books for 18 hours a day, 2 weeks straight). and a typo: when you're sleep deprived, peaches=peace.
but that's besides the point. today: peace. something that ironically is on the forefront of my mind when I am most WITHOUT peace. If you've seen me at all today, you know that today was "the busiest day of my life." Which is a lie, but it seemed like that. Woke up at the ungodly hour of 5am to finish a paper, class till 1:45pm, meeting, hearing, meeting, meeting, HOME. Home at 7:45, not having eaten since a piece of toast (which I made WIHTOUT catching our house on fire) at around 2. Needless to say, I was relieved to walk in our little door and our little house to see my little roommates and eat my little sandwich (to add to my gratitude list: people who buy me food. without me asking. key to my HEART.)
but peace.
Ironically, everywhere I looked today, as I felt like I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off, I saw... and I almost hate saying this because I don't want to sound cheesy, but I really did feel like God was sending me little notes.
Love note #1:
I read a handful of blogs each morning, and one of them today had an entry all about this little boy finding peace in God. The mom says to the crying little boy, "You've got some big feelings," which perfectly describes how I've been feeling the past few days. I've realized especially lately how much more EMOTIONAL I've become. And while sometimes it's lots of fun and I feel SO ALIVE and passionate, times like last night, where I felt like I would cry at the drop of a hat, make me ill. But anyways, the mother essentially leads her child to peace in Him. Not in her, because as I discover time and time again, true fulfillment and comfort cannot come from even the most amazing people in our lives. The only true haven, safe place of comfort is God.
"For He Himself is our peace..." ~Ephesians 2:14
“The Lord of Peace Himself gives [me] His peace at all times, and in every situation” (2 Thess. 3:16).
Love note #2:
Procrastinating, I of course looked at Twitter. One of my friend's Tweets was simply Colossians 3:15. Looked up the passage on my good ole crackberry, and I find these comforting words:
Colossians 3:15-17 (New International Version)
15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Talk about powerful. Powerful peace.
Add in the random, encouraging text messages and wonderful people who helped me through the day, and I am ending this day (ok, not ending, because I'm about to go study for stat...) sitting on my screened in porch, drinking dessert coffee with a wonderful roommate, relishing in God's love, amazed that the "busiest day of my life" is one that has brought my mind to such peace.
peaches, love, and gorbachev.
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