Monday morning, and I can feel new things are on the horizon. Yesterday in our service, I felt the overwhelming peace of God. I have felt peaceful times before, but they were always seemingly peaceful when compared to turbulence. This day, I felt true, absolute, overwhelming peace. I was immersed in peace, and through that, I saw the power that peace holds. I know that power and peace don't usually go together, but when you experience it, you can't deny it.

I have always known peace as an understated thing. I see peacefulness as a body of water that is still and quiet. My dad has a pond on his place, and the slightest breeze brings about ripples and little movements. This kind of peace is void of any movement, and the slightest breath casts this peace aside. It is short-lived peace, and relies on the universe to be still so that it can maintain it's presence. It is a fragile kind of peace.

Peace in the world view is a time of non-war. There, peace is void of conflict but not void of tension and dread. Peace treaties are signed and violated at the whim of the people that are involved. This kind of peace holds you captive with fear of conflict at it's horizon. It is a peace that holds power, but the power comes from fear. It is an ominous peace.

Comforting peace was the first presentation on Sunday, and it was wonderful. Our worship team went through a few songs, and then dismissed to walk through the sanctuary and pray. Awesome! I felt that God was with me, despite my mistakes. I felt loved and appreciated. I knew that my mistakes don't have to influence my possible state in Christ. God sees me in the light of what I can be instead of what I have been. "Healer" was a song that we did yesterday, and it really emphasized what I was going though in my heart. I guess that depression worked it's way in quietly and set up camp without me knowing. Tim Gabbard's blog shows a video presentation of the song "Healer." Comforting peace is a healing peace.

The next phase of peace was powerful peace. This is a new feeling for me, and I don't understand it. I have never felt this kind of peace before, and it is very humbling for me. I feel impressed that God's peace is the kind of peace that nothing can stand against. It is the kind of peace that overtakes and dissolves anything that attempts to drag me down. God's peace doesn't gradually overtake things, it immediately removes them from existence. This peace is generated by God's love for his children. It is delivered out of a sense of protection and urgency. My doubts cannot approach it, and I cannot stand in it's way. Nothing can be done to stop this peace, and that makes it overwhelming, powerful, majestic, and authoritative.

Powerful peace is something that I will seek when I pray from this point forward. Marvelous things were done in my heart yesterday, and I want more of that. I have to understand that God wants to take care of me. He wants me to lay my head against His chest when my neck can't hold it up anymore. I hope that you can experience this powerful peace as well - it is life changing.