“How are you?” my friend asked kindly.
“Fine…...publicly,” I responded as I hurried away to hide the tears that brimmed in my eyes, tears that threatened to make my assertion that I was publicly fine a lie.
Truth is I was scared. Super scared. Scared not for me---facing my own fears is something I can do--but scared for a loved one, someone I love as much as life itself, someone for whom I would give my life. Scared for a beloved being.
Pondering my friend’s questions and my response brought to mind my favorite scripture, a verse that has already guided my countless times. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
Knowing that “...all things work together for good to them that love God...” (Romans 828), I decided to choose faith over fear. It was a conscience decision. I banished the fears; I chose to trust God.
And peace came. Peace did not replace pain. I still feel parts of the pain my beloved is experiencing but peace and pain can co-exist and I know it will all work out. I feel peace.
There is peace in Christ.
“Fine…...publicly,” I responded as I hurried away to hide the tears that brimmed in my eyes, tears that threatened to make my assertion that I was publicly fine a lie.
Truth is I was scared. Super scared. Scared not for me---facing my own fears is something I can do--but scared for a loved one, someone I love as much as life itself, someone for whom I would give my life. Scared for a beloved being.
Pondering my friend’s questions and my response brought to mind my favorite scripture, a verse that has already guided my countless times. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
Knowing that “...all things work together for good to them that love God...” (Romans 828), I decided to choose faith over fear. It was a conscience decision. I banished the fears; I chose to trust God.
And peace came. Peace did not replace pain. I still feel parts of the pain my beloved is experiencing but peace and pain can co-exist and I know it will all work out. I feel peace.
There is peace in Christ.
THERE IS PEACE IN CHRIST
2018 LDS Youth Theme Song
Words and music by Nik Day
There is peace in Christ
When we learn of Him.
Feel the love He felt for us
When He bore our sins.
Listen to His words.
Let them come alive.
If we know Him as He is,
There is peace in Christ.
[Chorus] He gives us hope
When hope is gone.
He gives us strength
When we can’t go on.
He gives us shelter
In the storms of life.
When there’s no peace on earth,
There is peace in Christ.
There is peace in Christ
When we walk with Him
Through streets of Galilee
To Jerusalem.
Mend the broken hearts.
Dry the tear-filled eyes.
When we live the way He lived,
There is peace in Christ.
[Chorus]
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