Week 8… Two thirds through the 90 Day’s.
Its becoming more and more clear to me that this 90 Day Journey is really just the tip the iceberg . The 90 days is to establish new habits and routines, but the vast majority of what I am doing needs to be a new lifestyle. Develop more humility, gratitude, peace, love and joy in my life.
Accountability = Happiness and Change = Opportunity.
Maybe with the “new lifestyle” I do not go as hard as I am right now, but it will need to be close to as hard else I will lose the drive to continue, maybe its backed off to 80-90% or something. 4am maybe becomes 415 or 430, 30 min Peloton rides, maybe become 20 mins, but still daily, with a 10-15 min in the AM (right now its 10-15min in AM and 20-30 min in PM). Not sure, maybe its no change and I just keep going full speed?
Peace, specifically Inner Peace is where I want to go today.
John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid.”
The Peace in this passage is not peace as we usually think of it – “a state or period in which there is no war or war has ended” (Dictonary.com) The Peace that Jesus is speaking of is true peace, inner peace, for the Apostles to be good with what is to come and be at peace with it, knowing that it is as designed and that God has them. Peace in this sense is a Right Relationship with God/Jesus.
Not a Believer?
OK you could use this other definition “Peace as an individual virtue or state, that is, tranquility or serenity”.
It is Inside, Inner Peace with how things are.
The last few days have been a joyous struggle. Without details, it has been a happy time, a conflict filled time, a struggle, Emotional for sure.
The last week was a roller coaster, and it still is right now today, one of those stomach in your throat, upside down, sharp drop ones (hate roller coasters as a ride now days).
I went to sleep Sunday night with a lot of internal struggle, and woke up Monday AM (today) with a calm and peace around me. Not because things worked out, in fact they are in flux and in conflict, but in the middle of that “war”, I have found Peace with it.
Grand Canyon University had a Weekly Devotional “Fruit of the Spirit – Peace” in Oct 2015 that describes Peace as such:
Peace is knowing that the Lord of the universe is by your side and resting in that.
It’s not just knowing, but it is also living it out. Peace is sitting in comfort and knowing that God is next to your side no matter what. Peace is something that you can’t attain physically because the world is almost always going to be a rocky place.
https://www.gcu.edu/blog/spiritual-life/weekly-devotional-fruit-spirit-peace
Now I do not know if this Peace I feel is truly God Inspired, or if in my head I have just come to terms with some things… or both? They are not mutually exclusive. One could easily argue that you do not come to terms with things without an assist from God, that would be my view point.
What do I do with this gift of Peace? I give Thanks for it. I show Gratitude when and where I can. I continue to pray on it and hope that His path for it is revealed and that I continue to walk along it. If possible, I share it with others (like with this blog post).
Life is a battle at times, maybe at all times. Take the Peace when you find it, cherish it, pray about it, meditate on it, do whatever fits with you to walk with the Peace and continue to feed it. as much as possible.
I hope that you find Inner Peace, if you do SHARE IT in the comments here, or on whatever platform you found this post on.
We all deserve some Peace. Ask for it!
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Thank You to everyone who reads these posts and engages with my daily updates out on the social platforms. I hope you find some sort of value in them, even if its just entertainment at my journey and struggles. You are appreciated!
–Chris
