Finding Peace

It think it's kind of amazing how God gives us peace in the midst of crisis. Sometimes, just when you are sure you can't handle anymore...
God gives you a kind of peace and comfort. 

Someone said "Sometimes He calms the storm and sometimes He calms His child."

The storm might be raging all around you. Maybe you don't feel like you're any close to answers, you don't see a solution.

Then you get the peace.

It's the most powerful thing. It's this moment of calm when you realize that even though you are caught in the middle of the tornado, even though you have no idea how you'll survive this one... You just know with every fiber of your being that God is taking care of it. You're completely certain that He has a plan and it's a good one. 

Jeremiah 29:11 is a verse that I apply to lots of things. 
I come back to it again and again.

I know He's always there. I know He knows everything before it happens, but sometimes I just need to reread Jeremiah 29:11 and know that God's not just an ant farm kind of god. He's not just watching us to see what we will do.
God has a plan for us. Not just that, but God has an amazing plan for us and it's better than anything we could come up with on our own!

When you remember that, you get the peace. That kind of peace that fills you up to overflowing and lets you experience joy even in the middle of your suffering. The kind of peace that lets you step out in faith. When that happens, God gets the glory and he can use your suffering to do great things. 
That kind of makes it worth it right?

-Crazy Earth Mama