I Believe in Peace

Finishing up the remainder of my high school years and entering into the college season, my relationship with God grew more and more. Prayer was becoming automatic for me each day. No, no, it doesn’t have to be anything “extra.” To me, praying to God is simply talking to Him as if He is an actual person sitting right beside you.

As my relationship grew, I began to run into so many different challenges- or so it seemed. For example, there was this female that I became “best friends” with freshman year of college. There was also this guy I had begun to like and date. As time passed, I began to notice the little things that made me uncomfortable. Now, the average person would have simply thought to themselves, “Okay, it’s just me. I’m tripping. Why am I feeling insecure?” Why this, why that… In those moments of knowing that something was “off” or that someone else’s negative spirit was making my positive, sensitive spirt uncomfortable; it felt horrible.

Now 23 years old I can look back on those moments and I’m like “Wow. I clearly see what that was and why I had to go through that.” In the meanest, ugliest moments of our lives- whether it’s in relationships, friendships, family, career, or whatever; you have to, have to, have to allow yourself to first put God in front of any and everything you do- which allows you to have peace. When peace encompasses your heart, it lets off this fire into the world where only peace and joy chase after you. In everything. Now, adversity, challenges and rough times will come.. But you have to do your part first. What’s your part? Allowing yourself to find that inner peace and remain in that “quiet place” even in the midst of adversity. I might as well point out, I was one of those girls that thought I would never find the right guy. I had been through a few break-ups, heart-breaks, disappointments and everything. Once I got my mind completely set on school and being content with myself- again here with the “having peace”- he came to me. Boom! Out of nowhere. Start of junior year in college. I mean it might as well have just slapped me across the forehead. Not only did he turn out to be “Mr. Right,” but he was every single thing that I had prayed for….and MORE.

What’s my point? What am I getting at? Peace, guys. I believe with all of my heart that when you just take a deep breath and know that no matter what your challenge is at the moment, everything will be alright. THAT, my friends, is when you have tapped into your inner peace…and your life will unfold. Seek God before all you do. Believe that whatever you desire, you shall have. And know that when peace guards your heart and mind and your spirit, it will chase after you in every aspect of your life. This is not what I know….but, it’s what I Believe.