"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
I can't talk you into having peace. That's silly. We're all too high strung, and living at too high of stress levels on an daily basis to be talked into feeling peaceful, especially when certain situations in life give you every reason to be an utter mess. You may disagree with me about the constant state of stress thing, but let me break it down for you: a few years ago two planes flew into buildings and destroyed lives in an effort to scare a country/world, my best friend lost his cousin when an oil rig exploded in the sea last spring, we madly lock every door in our house before bed, last year a friend of a friend got shot walking his dog for the twenty bucks in his pocket and is now paralyzed, every month we're all trying to pay our bills and give our families the best lives possible despite our current economic situations, the rich of the rich started jumping out of buildings when the stock market crashed last year and they lost all their money, and I also believe that people are dying of cancer at the highest rate in history and we still don't know why. Then there's just the everyday life/family/health/financial stuff (I'm really not trying to depress you, I do love life and I really do have a point).
And my point is this: things are getting a little too mentally exhausting for us to talk ourselves into feeling okay and hopeful about everything going on around us. The peace we desperately need in order for us to not breakdown mentally, physically and emotionally, must be a supernatural act of the Holy Spirit mixed with thankful and specific prayers to our sweet heavenly Father. It must be an act of our wills and an aggression, if you will, that brings the things heavy on your heart to the Father in thankful prayers.
Things get a little heartbreaking on this earth at times, but life can be, and is, so wonderful when you walk with the peace of Jesus in your heart and mind. When you start feeling anxious, or the fact of the situation you're in gives you every reason to be a hysterical ball of anxiety, get alone with Him (or maybe if you're already lonely, go to a coffee shop with Him so it's not just more silence in your life). Write down the things in your heart, or just tell Him all the things you're going through, and all about the things you need His peace to invade. Be thankful and ask Him some questions. Offer your requests to Him, talk it out, and then wait for His peace. You may just have to believe it before you feel it. Your peace will come.
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