Peace us Given to You

Assuring Hope
Comfort for Gods People


John 14:25-31 (The Message)
 ^25-27"I'm telling you these things while I'm still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.
 ²⁸"You've heard me tell you, 'I'm going away, and I'm coming back.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I'm on my way to the Father because the Father is the goal and purpose of my life.
 ^29-31"I've told you this ahead of time, before it happens, so that when it does happen, the confirmation will deepen your belief in me. I'll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don't worry—he has nothing on me, no claim on me. But so the world might know how thoroughly I love the Father, I am carrying out my Father's instructions right down to the last detail.
   "Get up. Let's go. It's time to leave here."

For Reflection
Stop the world, I want to get off!  Well, "Get up. Let's go. It's time to leave here."  The Holy Spirit will guide you.  The Spirit will help you see the world so differently that you will swear you entered a parallel universe.

Pray
sit quietly. close your eyes. Turn off the sights, sounds and smells of your world.  Relax. Listen for the for the voice of God   Let the Holy Spirit flow into you.  Arise and approach the world in peace.