"Relaxation
Is total peace."
How often this feeling, this experience, is totally inaccessible. I cry out to the Lord for rest, and cherish this rare gift. In the early days after my conversion it was a real grace to be able to put words to the kind of torturous, negative thoughts that had plagued me throughout my life: Once I knew that this was mental anguish, I could separate myself from it, and if not silence it, then at least move away to lower the volume and get a little perspective, however difficult that still may be to maintain. I think I fully realize that God is in control only when I'm willing to consciously and actively hand it over, requesting an audience with the Prince of Peace one moment at a time.
Is total peace."
How often this feeling, this experience, is totally inaccessible. I cry out to the Lord for rest, and cherish this rare gift. In the early days after my conversion it was a real grace to be able to put words to the kind of torturous, negative thoughts that had plagued me throughout my life: Once I knew that this was mental anguish, I could separate myself from it, and if not silence it, then at least move away to lower the volume and get a little perspective, however difficult that still may be to maintain. I think I fully realize that God is in control only when I'm willing to consciously and actively hand it over, requesting an audience with the Prince of Peace one moment at a time.
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