It’s hard to feel settled when life keeps pulling us in a dozen directions at once. When the noise around us rises, we start to wonder if real peace is even possible or if it’s just something people talk about when they’re trying to be hopeful. Deep down, we’re all looking for something stable enough to hold us when life refuses to cooperate.

God wants us to know that there’s a kind of peace that doesn’t depend on everything around us falling into place. It doesn’t ignore the chaos, even though it speaks into it. As we learn to open ourselves to this brand of peace, we find that it has a way of softening fear and showing us that we’re not as alone as we thought. 

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We all carry moments that have shaped us more than we expected. They leave a mark, even if we don’t notice at first.. Those moments can settle into the background, quiet but present, and still follow us into our routines. They, like rudders on a ship, can be small yet impact us in tremendous ways.

Just like we can look back and discover how these early experiences and history have molded us as individuals, there is history to this broader human experience. From the very beginning, a story of redemption in the face of brokenness has been told, beckoning us back to our roots while focusing our gaze ahead. If we listen, we’ll discover a hope beyond imagining.  

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