Love & Peace

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May 2, 2013

"Love & Peace"

Scripture Reading:
2 Corinthians 13:11 (HCSBO) "Finally, brothers, good-by.  Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace shall
be with you." 

Devotional Reading:

What wonderful parting words to hear !  Only if we all could get used to saying similar farewells to everyone we know in our lives. The last half of this eleventh verse makes it clear that God's "love and peace" are similar. We may believe that  God's love is something that God has for us and it takes place in the mind of God. We sometimes think that peace is a feeling which we generate and it takes place in our human mind.  God lives in His children in the form of the Holy Spirit. His love and peace are actual qualities of God's personality that are available to be lived out in us. They are not of human origin but they are God, doing in us that which He came to do.  You really cannot have one without the other. The Holy Spirit lives in us as Love and Peace and it is our responsibility to see that He makes a difference in us.  Teach me, God, how to stop my struggle to be independent from You. Help me accept Your plan of feeding my mind, emotions and spirit, and make a difference in me today. 

Keep the Son in your eyes,
Pastor Ben J Lahay 
Galatians 2:20