Peace be with You

 What kind of weekend did you have?

I hope it was relaxing…. restarting…. regenerative…. pleasant.

If it wasn’t, these thoughts may be just what you need.  And if it was, i’m sure you can relate to those whose weekend was anything but those things.  Because all of us have times when things just aren’t great.

Take the disciples for instance.

They had quite the weekend.   Friday they watched the man they had been following around for years, devoting their lives to, killed at the hand of his enemies.  They spent Saturday in shock, trying to figure out what to do.  Sunday morning some of them said they had been told he was no longer dead, and that was just weird.

That night they are in their favorite hangout and Jesus shows up.   Knowing what they had been through that weekend, what were his first words to them.

Peace be with you.

Peace.   

That was his first word.

And so regardless of what is happening in your world today, this is my first word to you.

Peace.

a couple songs that are worth the listen if your weekend was less than peaceful — externally or internally.

https://youtu.be/6kj8pzDLcc8

https://youtu.be/D73UGGK1EJE

(Note:   As is typical on Mondays, these thoughts were brought to you via a great sermon I heard yesterday :-)