1/9/2024 0 Comments Having a peaceful life![]() “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body and be thankful.” - Colossians 3:15 Remember, choose whatever gives you the most peace. Give yourself an extra night of sleep and pray on it. ![]() For bigger decisions, like ones that affect your personal finances, don’t make a decision right away. Being indecisive about the smallest things is a sign that you may be unstable in other areas of your life (James 1:8). ![]() To have confidence in your decisions, go with the choice that gives you the most peace. When you ruminate over issues for too long, you either stress yourself out or you don’t act at all, which prevents you from moving forward in your day. This applies to the many, small decisions we have to make everyday. Instead of going back and forth many times in your head over one issue, quickly assess what is best for you and what is best for your family, then come to a decision. According to Psychology Today, we make about 35,000 decisions a day. I will talk more about this later in another post but to sum it up, try not to sit on issues for too long. Its tempting to “vent” to family and friends, but the practice of controlling your mouth gives you inexplicable peace in your soul. Avoid gossip, and assume the best of others. ![]() When we gossip, we walk towards people in anxiety instead of peace because we are scared that what we said might have gotten back to them. When our vision is clouded by ill-will towards another person and we assume the worst, we are unable to see how we can love them. In the Bible, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 says “aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands…that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.” What I get from this scripture is that when we avoid speaking bad about a person or judging them with our mouths, we can approach them with genuineness and the love of Christ. I can be guilty of this at times but I try to stay out of anything that sounds like gossip. There’s always something trying to distract us, and if we’re not careful we’ll get hooked every time. Don’t run yourself crazy trying to keep up. Instead of being proactive in knowing what our needs are, sometimes like a dog that sees a squirrel, we react. We fall for any type of marketing strategy that promises to make us happy. You might not have realized it until now, but, as humans, we tend to always look for the next big thing. Retail stores will never stop trying to lure you, and opportunities will always come. He resisted me and said “sales will always be there.” My shoulders relaxed at that revelation. One of my favorite stores was having a “limited-time” only sale. One day at the mall, I started pulling on my husband’s arm to turn around. I am talking about retail sales here, but this could mean any opportunity that claims that you have to act right away. “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy without holiness no one will see the Lord.” - Hebrews 12:14 These 12 ways to stay peaceful are in no particular order but number one might surprise you. ![]() You can’t be at peace without having some sense of happiness, so essentially this post is a recipe for happiness. This is isn’t an exhaustive list, but it will get you moving in the right direction and motivate you to keep being intentional about the quality of your life. You may ask “if it starts with a decision, what do I do next?” I’ll give you 12 ways you can take back control of your life and enjoy a life of contentment and hope. The answer lies in waking up each morning and making a decision to protect your peace at all costs. The secret to perpetually living a life of peace is not in stress relief lotion from your favorite fragrance store or on a beautiful, exotic island far away from home. Then there’s the peace we have to strive to keep (Hebrews 12:14) because so many things, including other people, try to take away it from us. We know that there’s peace that the Lord has freely gifted us as a result of Jesus dying on the cross for our sins (John 14: 27) the promise of eternity and a new life in Jesus Christ keeps us grounded like nothing else. I call this article 12 Practical Ways to Experience Peace because ideally, we all want to live a peaceful life, but often times it alludes us. ![]()
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