2295) As I think about the topic of peace, I feel somewhat defeated. This is because when something is “boiling” around me, it’s hard not to boil along with it.

If I’m honest with myself, I can admit that I cannot conjure up peace. It is often foreign to my thoughts and feelings. I cannot be peaceful on demand.

The good news is I don’t have to produce peace. It is one of the fruits of the Spirit. He will grow the peace within. Galatians 5:22-23.

When I yearn for peace, I don’t have to expend energy trying to produce something I cannot. All I need to do is ask for it.