Peace...the World Still Can't Take it Away

Peace. Today I am consumed with peace. It is a good feeling. I have no reason to be at peace, the expenses of just living are small to others but ginormous to me. Scraping. A lot of people don't know what it means to scrape by. A lot of people think that scraping by is not being able to buy their morning or weekly mocha. We, on the other hand scrape by on a daily bases. Scraping by is when you CAN'T pay your rent and rely on the generosity of others to help you pay it. Scraping by is taking your child to school early in a friend's car just so he can have breakfast cause there is no food at home. Scraping by is saying "no" to many, many things. "No" to a redbox movie, even though it is under two dollars. "No" to a random walk to the little store down the road to get a soda with friends. "No" to a hair cut. "No"to extra curricular activities at school. "No" to getting a permit. "No" to Driver's Ed. I guess one could say we are in our season of "No" but amazingly, I have peace. I don't know why God waits until the very last second to provide for our needs. Last night I was upset with Him for always waiting till what I think is the last minute. I knew He would provide. I know He will always provide. I don't doubt that He will provide. I sometimes feel that He takes WAY too long or till last minute, but His timing, they say is perfect. So, I get upset and wait. I always come around right. One can get upset and still have peace. We made it through another "rent is due" day. Utilities will be coming up. I will continue to take it one day at a time. And I will be grateful that no matter our expenses we are finally happy. Finally able to laugh at our mistakes. I still wake up to joy in my heart. I have taken some risks I would never have taken before, but with the urging of the people who love me I went a head and did it. Now we wait to see how it works out. Either way...finally having a positive support by my side I opened my wings a tiny bit and flew. It felt wonderful. I may do it again. haha. Real soon. For now, I am at peace waiting to hear back from my little "spreading of my wings" moment. As soon as I hear back...you guys will be the first to know!  You, my readers, are from all over the world and I am in awe and amazement to the whereabouts of most of you. Today I saw that someone from Myanmar (Burma)  has read my blogs. I don't even know where that is, but I will soon. I also have quite a few in Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia and India. There are so many of you from far away and close by places I would need to write a separate blog just to list you all. I don't know what struggles you are going through or what led you to my blog, I don't know what "scraping by" means to you, but I would love to hear about your "scraping by" if you are willing to share. I may even blog about it so others can know and pray for your needs (if that is okay with you). You can email me.  Today, I pray that what ever struggles you face you are able to feel God's peace. It is there. Just close your eyes and breath in. The world didn't give it and the world still can't take it away. Remember you are loved! You are loved with an everlasting love.

God's Word say's;

For God loved the people of this world so much that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who has faith in Him will have eternal life and never really die. ~John 3:16

But this one, is my all time favorite and is all to many times overlooked;

For God did not send His Son into this world to condemn them. He sent Him to SAVE them!
~John 3:17

Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel. ~Philippians  4:7

the TRUTH in LOVE, Heidi Shepherd