Peace

Seeking peace in our "post-Christian" world seems to be more and more difficult. Without a connection rooted in God, there is little to give balance and stability to our daily lives.  Work has become the new force that eventually consumes us.  There is little or no time to reflect on the events in our lives, or in the world; there is little or no time to absorb and relish the beauty around us:  nature's displays of sunrises, sunset, full moons, flowers, blooming trees; and certainly we take for granted the people who are part of our lives, failing to tell them how much they mean to us, how good they are and how much their goodness and beauty stir up joy and gratitude in us.  No, it's run, run, run, from this to that at an ever increasing speed.
In anticipation of his departure from his Disciples, Jesus offers them peace, a peace that the world cannot give. (cf Jn 14:27).  Why do we so foolishly look elsewhere for that elusive peace that indeed the world cannot give?  Perhaps copying this verse and posting it above our computer screens, or some place where it stands out, to us will help us to slow down, and even stop to focus on Jesus, and his GIFT OF PEACE.  "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.  Not as the world gives do I give it to  you." (Jn 14:27)
Bro. Rene