You don’t have to strive for peace this morning.
You don’t have to earn it, chase it, or prove yourself worthy of it.
Just stop resisting. It’s already here.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to 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
The mind is powerful. So powerful, in fact, that it can create a nightmare while we’re wide awake.
Left unchecked, our thoughts run loops of fear, doubt, and insecurity—feeding themselves like a fire never satisfied.
I’ve come to see that the ego and mind often generate destruction. Not out of malice, but out of habit.
It creates imagined futures… replayed pasts…
It plays movies that never actually happen.
But have you noticed what happens when you wake from a bad dream?
Relief.
Gratitude.
Peace.
Because you realize: “It wasn’t real.”
And in the same way, most of what the mind creates isn’t real either.
It’s not happening.
It’s never happened.
It lives only in our heads.
But grace lives here. In the now.
In this breath.
In the safety of this moment.
God is not far off. He’s not waiting on the other side of your worry.
He is with you now. You are kept. You are held. You are safe.
So today, when your thoughts begin to spiral, remember:
You are one moment away from peace.
You are one breath away from waking up from the mind’s illusion.
And you are forever loved by a God who is bigger than your fears.
Let the world wait.
Let your mind rest.
Let peace in.
God be with you today.
