peace

Against the Wind

Scripture Focus: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” — Isaiah 26:3 David had spent nearly four years helping design one of the tallest buildings in the city, but on the night the typhoon arrived, all those calculations suddenly felt much more personal. The…
The Junk Drawer Solution

Scripture Focus: “And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh.” — Ezekiel 11:19 Every home has a repair drawer. It may not officially be called that—I call mine…
The Heart’s True Home

Peace is not foundwhen life settlesand every troubling voicegrows quiet. It enters when Christascends the thronewithin the heart— when His wordcarries more weightthan the news we fear, when His promisesspeak louderthan the questionswe cannot answer, and when His presencebecomes more certainthan everythingwe can see. Storms may still gather,and circumstancesmay raise their voices, but they can…
The Storm Doesn’t Always Ask Permission

Scripture Focus: “He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.” — Psalm 107:29 Storms are interesting things. Not the poetic kind people frame in black-and-white photography with captions about resilience. I mean the real kind. The kind that interrupts plans, rattles windows, rearranges priorities, and occasionally leaves you standing in…
When Trouble Knows Where to Find You

Scripture Focus: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” — Psalm 46:1 Trouble has a way of finding the address we never gave it. It knocks at the door without an invitation, lets itself in without asking, and sometimes has the nerve to sit down and make itself comfortable. One…
Words That Outlast Any Storm

Words… we use them every day. Granted, some of us use more than others. We use words all the time. Words have an amazing capability. They allow us to communicate knowledge, to inspire others, to calm fears and grief, to encourage, to express anger, and when used just right, you can even paint a picture…
Where Mercy and Truth Meet

Scripture Focus: Psalm 85:10–11 “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.” If Psalm 85:10–11 were a recipe, it would have some of the richest ingredients a soul could live on: mercy, truth, righteousness, and peace.…
The Quiet Law of Diligence

Proverbs 21:5 reveals a quiet law of life that operates both materially and spiritually. It tells us that what happens outwardly is often the visible result of what’s been happening inwardly for a long time. “The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.” Notice…
Thoughts of Peace

Jeremiah 29:11–13 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find…
Unwavering

(Inspired by James 1:6 — “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering…”) I have watched the sea at nightwhen it cannot remember itself.No moon to steady it.No shoreline to answer its questions.Only motion—endless, restless, uncommitted. The wind does not ask permission.It takes hold.Drags the water first one way, then another,until direction dissolvesand even the…