My Odd Neighbour Reminds Me of John 14:27
I live close to a simple cemetery that served as a free burial ground sometime in the mid 1800s. So as you can imagine, I invariably find myself passing by my good old neighbour.
It really depends on what your thoughts are on cemeteries, but I have found that my laid back reference to the topic has left many taken aback. I remember one instance in particular where I tried to lighten up the mood by stating that the people in the cemetery are the least harmful people one could ever meet, but I am afraid that did not go on very well.
Enough of that for now anyway.
I was recently passing by my neighbour, when the words my peace I give to you popped in my mind. I will admit that I had a lot going on in my mind, but my first thought was this cemetery is starting to get me.
Whenever I pass by that cemetery, I find myself questioning how many of the deceased have truly found peace. After all, we have been taught it is only proper to say "Rest In Peace" when passing by a grave (at least that is what I was told). Has anyone had such a thought cross their mind or is it just crazy me who thinks up such things in the least appropriate setting?
I will be honest, most of my life when I have thought of peace, I have thought of it either in terms of deep sleep mode (we are talking about non-REM sleep here) or death as in what the world views as the end...fini.
Those words that crept into my messy thoughts in that instant took me back to the kind of peace (shalom to be more exact) that I should have been focused on attaining. If those words sound familiar, it is because they are from Yeshua (Jesus). The significance of those words is exponentially amazing, given that that peace (shalom) implied a holistic approach to peace. In other words, I would be looking at a peace that covers any inconceivable situation that I could be facing at any time.
I have to admit that for a neighbour that nobody appears to particularly want to be associated with, I couldn't have chosen a better place for this amazing revelation to waylay my thoughts.
I bid you Shalom,
Jacqueline
It really depends on what your thoughts are on cemeteries, but I have found that my laid back reference to the topic has left many taken aback. I remember one instance in particular where I tried to lighten up the mood by stating that the people in the cemetery are the least harmful people one could ever meet, but I am afraid that did not go on very well.
Enough of that for now anyway.
I was recently passing by my neighbour, when the words my peace I give to you popped in my mind. I will admit that I had a lot going on in my mind, but my first thought was this cemetery is starting to get me.
Whenever I pass by that cemetery, I find myself questioning how many of the deceased have truly found peace. After all, we have been taught it is only proper to say "Rest In Peace" when passing by a grave (at least that is what I was told). Has anyone had such a thought cross their mind or is it just crazy me who thinks up such things in the least appropriate setting?
I will be honest, most of my life when I have thought of peace, I have thought of it either in terms of deep sleep mode (we are talking about non-REM sleep here) or death as in what the world views as the end...fini.
Those words that crept into my messy thoughts in that instant took me back to the kind of peace (shalom to be more exact) that I should have been focused on attaining. If those words sound familiar, it is because they are from Yeshua (Jesus). The significance of those words is exponentially amazing, given that that peace (shalom) implied a holistic approach to peace. In other words, I would be looking at a peace that covers any inconceivable situation that I could be facing at any time.
I have to admit that for a neighbour that nobody appears to particularly want to be associated with, I couldn't have chosen a better place for this amazing revelation to waylay my thoughts.
I bid you Shalom,
Jacqueline
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