Advent - Week 2, Day 1: Peace Is With You

What2Say2Day? I took a day off from writing this blog yesterday because, well, yesterday was just one of those days. To give you an example we did laundry until midnight. Yep, one of those days. I wasn't stressed out, I didn't feel anxious, I was never upset; it was just a very busy day. I have to admit, though, it was a very productive busy day and in the end I had one of the best sleeps I've had in a long time. Which brings me to this week's theme - Peace. As I may or may not have mentioned Advent is a four-week period before Christmas that focuses on different themes. The themes traditionally are hope, peace, joy and love. We focused on hope last week which we defined as Healing Others with Prayer and Encouragement. This week we'll talk about something a little more difficult - Peace. I say this is a more difficult topic because it sometimes seems that our days are bombarded by so many things out of our control that interfere with us being able to achieve peace. It'll be an even more difficult topic because once again I'm not talking about achieving peace for yourselves, but to instead find ways to bring peace to each other. For today, though, find your own peace by turning off everything that could possibly distract you and find a place where you can listen to God. That will be somewhere different for each of us. Some will find God in the voices of children playing in the park, others will find God in the voices of the trees as the wind blows through its branches. Others will find God on the mountaintop where practically no sound exists and others will find God in a mall filled with shoppers. Wherever your place is, wherever you think your God to be, just go there with all your personal distractions removed (cell phones, mp3 players, personal tablets, etc.) and just listen, listen, listen for at least 30 minutes. To find peace we must first find God. I'm looking forward to this week and all the moments I can share my peace with others.