I am sitting on my front deck, amid an array of beautiful plants as we receive, here in NH a soft, late summer rain. I can hear the gentle tap, tap of the raindrops as they fall on my canvas umbrella. I look out at the birds flying to and from my feeders. They flutter and squawk as they all vie for a sunflower seed. Of course they scattered when I brought out my camera. But if you look closely, there is a chipmunk in the house feeder!
I am reminded of how peaceful the outdoors can be. I am at my most serene here in my garden.
That got me to thinking about being a child of the God Most High. It is not about religion. It is not about what church we belong to or go to. It is about the Creator of the universe sending His Son Jesus to take our place… to take my place and your place on that wooden cross. Jesus alone bore the burden of our sin and disobedience as He died in our place.
It is about a relationship. It is about saying, “Yes, Jesus I need You as my Savior. Yes, I believe You died for my sin. Forgive me. I repent. I believe You rose again and I will rise with You and I can rise above earthly circumstances because You are with me. You share all that is Yours with me. I have an abundant inheritance of privileges from You!
As a believer and follower of Jesus…He offers us privileges that we would not naturally have any claim to. We have privileges that we can “Own” because of His sacrifice and His restoration of our relationship with God.
One of those privileges that I want to mention today so we can lay claim to is… His Peace. Jesus tells us Himself that He gives us His peace.
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 NKJV
He knew we would be disheartened, persecuted and fearful. Again, He encourages us that we may have peace in Him,
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NKJV
There are many more verses that you can look up on peace when you have a few minutes. I want to close with one more.
Galatians 5:22 says that peace is a fruit of the Spirit. As we abide in Christ, we will not only have His peace to deal with tribulation but also have peace in Him as we acknowledge Him as Lord and develop a friendship with Him, but there is more…peace will be a fruit that is produced by the Holy Spirit through us.
May you find His peace today. Claim Jesus and claim His peace in your life!
My Father's Wellness - Tami Cole 
In this world today we definitely need the assurance of God’s peace and love for us and in our darkest days it wonderful to have that comfort that he so freely gives to us once we except him as our savior and nothing above the earth or below the earth can ever take that away Thank you Jesus for your wonderful gift!!!!!!
On Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 2:23 PM My Father’s Wellness – Tami Cole wrote:
> IAMHIZ.blog posted: ” I am sitting on my front deck, amid an array of > beautiful plants as we receive, here in NH a soft, late summer rain. I can > hear the gentle tap, tap of the raindrops as they fall on my canvas > umbrella. I look out at the birds flying to and from my feeders” >