Peace

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27


Because the English word peace comes from the Latin "pax", we assume it means the absence of conflict, a time in which wars have ceased. But the Hebrew concept of peace or shalom means much more than that. It literally translates "wholeness," and it means having everything you need to be fully and wholly who God has created you to be - physically, emotionally, and psychologically at peace. 


This is what Christ offers: an opportunity to be free by understanding who we are in the context of who God is and what God wants for us.                


~ Jonathan Merritt in Jesus Is Better Than You Imagined