Week Two - Day Three

The Enduring Peace Of Knowing

I’m sitting in the car in the grocery store parking lot. I open my dark chocolate peanut butter cups and eat them slowly, in silence. The sounds of the outside world are muffled. There are no screaming toddlers, no chattering children, no unhappy employees here. My wreck of a kitchen and pile of unread text messages aren’t here either. This small moment of peace, starring my favorite candy, is the reason I snuck away.

But maybe what I’m really sneaking away from is the fear of chaos and failure - the fear that instead of doing it all, I might be overcome by it all. I’m looking for lasting peace, a peace not manufactured by perfect circumstances but cultivated within my heart.

As we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus, let’s remember that He left His throne of light and plunged into our chaos, darkness, and failure - and delivered us from it all. Because He loved us. This is how an unshakable peace takes root in our souls: when we know that even as chaos buzzes around us, even as we utterly fail, we are adored and treasured by the King who flew across the cosmos to rescue us.

Today, may you experience the enduring peace of knowing - beyond every doubt - that God truly loves you. His gaze upon you holds all the glow and warmth of a million Christmas lights. And it will last far longer than a couple of dark chocolate peanut butter cups.