"A Different Kind Of Peace" A photo of a pasture with trees around the edges. The entire thing is lit up with a golden bright sunshine that is filtering through the trunks of the trees and the branches and leaves. It has made a gauzy haze over the afternoon and it is such a warm comfortable and safe looking place. You can almost feel the warmth on your face from the sunshine making you want to close your eyes and just feel the moment. There is a rugged fence that runs along the line of trees making you feel there are horses near by and want to listen for their feet padding the ground and the sound of their nickering in the air. This is an article by the rosevinecottagegirls.com about peace, not just everyday peace, but God's peace

A Different Kind Of Peace…

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A Different Kind Of Peace

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1 A Different Kind Of Peace
2 What Is Peace?
3 Peace That Has Been Bought And Paid For
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We are all tired.

There are wars, dissention, and fighting. People one against another to cause chaos on the streets in hearts and minds.

Oh, but peace.

Peace. It is a rarety today. Everyone seems to want it but few truly have it. When most people think of peace it involves world peace, Christmas peace, children at peace in the next room, everyone getting along at the next family gathering, or just a day laying on the beach.

What Is Peace?

The word peace is used 429 times in the King James Version  of the bible, but what does it mean?

It can mean tranquility, harmony, security, prosperity or well-being.

In the Old Testament, the word used is “shalom” for peace. It is often tied to covenants or promises kept or in some cases a familiar friend.

So technically peace is something like a best friend… that one person who holds your hand and walks through life beside you.

 

"A different kind of peace". A photo of a woman in the autumn. She is in profile set low on the photograph and the sun is brightly setting behind her making her silhouette stand out starkly against the bright white light behind her making her appear in shadow as the photo is over exposed. She is in a field and the plants are as tall as she is but not completely dense. She has her hands up under her face and her hair is nut brown and trailing down her back past her waist. She is wearing a dress with long sleeves. This is an article on peace by the rosevinecottagegirls.com

Shalom – completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord.

In modern Hebrew the word is Shelem which means to pay for, and Shulam meaning to be fully paid.

Peace That Has Been Bought And Paid For

Paid for. Isn’t that a beautiful thought?

The only way for us to find His Peace is embracing the one who paid for us with His life.

It is the only way to be complete. To be whole, to prosper, to find rest. When Jesus came he came as a friend to fulfill a promise that we could find peace and forgiveness. In the Jewish culture Shalom is used as a greeting like “hello” and “goodbye” but it isn’t just a simple greeting its a blessing.

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