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Fruit of the Spirit - Peace

This peace devotional is written by one of our very own youth! Meghan and Rona - two of our senior high girls. Here's a quick glimpse into their story:

Peace - Meghan & Rona (Sr. High Girls)

For my lent, I’ve been working to give up my worries to God. Everytime I feel myself grow anxious, I find a way to refocus on God instead of on my anxieties. Mostly, I’ve been doing this through prayer, journaling, and looking for verses about peace. One of the verses I’ve found myself returning to over these past few weeks is Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

To me, this verse is the embodiment of my lent: to give up all my worries and be surrounded by God’s peace. Whenever I’ve felt burdened over these past few weeks, because of either school work, overcommitting myself, or just times when thinking about the future became nerve wracking, praying to God and reading verses made me feel so much better. It was as if His hand was on my shoulder during those times, telling me to trust in Him and His plan for me. He was telling me that none of these problems were too big for Him, and that I could rely on Him for anything. He is the king. He is our saviour. These trivial obstacles in my day-to-day life — will I even remember them in a few years? In a week? Tomorrow…? God is bigger than all these problems I face. These problems won’t stay. I have a retest next week. My bad hair day will end tomorrow. These problems won’t stay, but God will. He will stay with me tomorrow. And next year. And all these years I have ahead of me. And when I think about this journey I get to go with Him, the problems I face right now seem so small. As I continue in my lent, I want to keep focusing on God. It might be difficult for me to surrender all my worries to him right now, but I know that His peace is worth it.

Here is a playlist of worship music on peace, feel free to give it a listen and let the lyrics wash over you.