Well, life has been a kind of mess lately. To a person who is organised and loves to be on top of stuff, it is ultimate chaos when things are out of order.
Which made me think, who defines order and chaos in our lives? In the same situation, another individual would probably think life is great and just keep living it up!
So, who defines our state in our lives? You got it...it's me. It's us. We define our own lives according to the way WE see it.
At work, we come across different people with different levels of perfection, tolerance, joy, anxiety, peace, arrogance and what-not. All of these put together make up the personality.
Understanding myelf is important. You know, God says in His Word that we should love the LORD with all our heart, mind and soul and love our neighbor as ourself. So I need to have a healthy dose of "understanding" myself. Which is the hard part. We wish to be someone else and we end up being something else and totally think we are great when we can be all messed up. That's mostly when we run to God. And He makes it right. Just like Him to just embrace us and make everything alright. His love for us knows no bounds.
When we can understand ourselves, we can understand others and give of ourselves to them.
I have noticed that when I love God, spend time with Him and HIS peace enters my innermost being, there is a sense of peace that dwells even when my world is spinning. When I forget Him and His peace, everything is a mess. My soul is anxious, not at rest.
When I am at peace, I can give of it to others. Which is why we are the light of the world.
At work, allow God to give you the grace you need to have peace. Even in a mess.
