Peace

Tim Howard, goalie

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart.

 And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. 

So don’t be troubled or afraid. 

John 14:27 (NLT) 

Jesus has left us the gift of peace.  So many times we forget to open it.

If anyone should be feeling stress and anxiety it should be Tim Howard, goalie of the U.S. National Soccer Team. The U.S. Soccer team is moving on in the 2014 World Cup due in large part to the tremendous goalie skills exhibited by Tim Howard.  Even with all those hard shots coming right at him, he seems to maintain a sense of peace and command.

As he states here, Tim has found his sense of peace from a source other than success in sports:

The most important thing in my life is Christ.  He's more important to me than winning or losing or whether I'm playing or not. Everything else is just a bonus.

Today, I am blessed to be living a dream. And yet, if it all went away tomorrow, I know I would still have peace. That probably sounds crazy to most people, but that's the kind of peace Christ gives. It is rooted in His love, and it surpasses all understanding. 

You can experience this same sense of love and peace, too. All you have to do is ask for it.

That is such a great reminder to all of us.  No matter how stressful our situation may seem, we can open that gift that Jesus has given us.  We cannot find it any where else in the world, but we can experience it by tapping into Jesus, our only source of Peace.

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