Pursuing Peace
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.—Romans 14:19 (NIV)
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.—Ecclesiastes 7:10 NIV
Most people spend a lot of time reliving the past or focused on what might happen—all the while squandering the gift of the moment. Make right now your focus. Appreciate where you are, and be grateful that you are here.
Heavenly Father, this is the first minute of the rest of my life.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.—Romans 14:19 (NIV)
Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”—Mark 6:31 (NIV)
So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.—Nehemiah 9:27 (NIV)