Peace

I took Sarah into the Neurologist today....routine visit. It went fine except she was out of sorts, screamed just about the entire time and all of a sudden I noticed a rash on her torso. JUST GREAT! I thought. Something new to deal with...makes sense we are just finishing the last illness. I showed it to the doctor. Not his specialty but he IS a doctor. He said it looked like the patchiness some people get when they are anxious or upset. I didn't know if I agreed or not. Anyway we left and I prayed the whole drive home. And guess what? He was right. It was gone. So that's good. But I had also prayed that even if it didn't go away I would just accept it and not get all upset and we would just deal with it. I just don't want to stress about this stuff any longer. Well I got home and on my email was the following verse for the day:

John 14:27
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.

This is a familiar verse. But was so timely for me. I have been craving peace but I think I was looking for the world's version of it....peace because everything is alright not in spite of it. I really savored some time thinking over this verse and that I can have peace regardless of weather or not we are all well. I definitely prefer that we are all well but God is good and will give His peace as we need it.