I've been struggling a little bit with anxiety. I was meditating on God's word that said ‘My peace I give to you, my peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, and neither let it be afraid.’ So I told God, I said, ‘Maybe I don't have the fullest understanding of Shalom.’ So God prompted me to go and listen to a sermon. And then to research in lexicon, the big lexicon on the word Shalom. And when I saw Shalom, it means it's all encompassing. Joy unspeakable. It's a human relationship. You have peace with human relationship, peace with God because of your covenant relationship. And then you have peace from war. And then you have good welfare and then prosperity, health, healing. And when I saw that, peace came into me and just overshadowed me and I thought, wow, that Shalom is so rich when you go down to what it means in God's perspective. And that gave me so much joy. And I thought, ‘God only you can give me Shalom, you know?

Posted in May 2024


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