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Shalom Aleichem... Peace Be upon You


Single Horse head and neck on birch wood
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2024
Celebrating Night to Day
Mixed Media on Birch  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  


Can you believe it is already 9-10 days into December?  Can you believe Christmas is 15 days or roughly two weeks from now and New Years is 21 days away?

This is the second week in Advent and it is the week of Peace. Hope was the first week in advent.  I read the absolutely best explanation about the second week of advent from Bible Study Tools  and it truly has given me a path for this week. Actually for LIFE. 

“‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.” (Zechariah 4:6)

We all ask for peace in our lives. We wish things would settle down and some quiet could come with it. The outside world seems to be running amuck and grocery prices rise and gas cost is going up... I don't know. How does peace fit in to our lives these days?

I picked up from that link above... that while Shalom means peace, it means peace in you not around you. People who have "Shalom" with God have protection and blessing from the inside out.  Peace starts inside of you, not outside of you.  As you make a covenant with God, He provides peace and protection as long as you do not “turn to folly", meaning doing bad things. Your peace  comes  straight from your beliefs in the divinity and Resurrection of Jesus.  You have to give up control to find peace. You have to give up worry to have peace.  There is a wonderful Prayer for this week of advent in the link above.

In less that two days... much has shifted and opened in my heart to have the true peace we all long for. Let everything go and rest in Him. 

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Shalom Aleichem שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם
Peace be Upon You.

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