Perfect Peace

I was visiting with my friend Tami yesterday and she told me about a dream she had that involved martyrdom. She had perfect peace both during the dream and when she woke up. This was uncharacteristic (16 letter word yea!) of her. Normally she would freak out, kind of like me:-)
Well, I have been dealing with insecurity lately and wrote a letter to me/God/nobody just to have a record of what my mind thinks. To find out if it's me or God or whatever. A few verses did cross my path but I didn't get any clear answers. That is until I read a great post from a fellow A/G'er Jenni Weiss. I will 'cut and paste' some of the significant stuff that is relevant to all of us.
'when you're down, don't expect the enemy to lend a hand up... he's going to try to kick you when you are down! Doubt, fear, anxiety, stress... can become fiery darts to the soul and seem to add insult to injury.

Even Job, like so many who face strong trails seemed to be riveted by confusion. The battle in the mind is where a lot of succumbing to the enemy begins and the devil loves to use it - especially when you are sick. The Word shows us his heart in this verse: "If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction..." Job 10:15

I know that the Word tells also in 1 Corinthians 14:33, "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace"!

We know that God is faithful through all and I am beginning to pray that the Lord will double his blessings upon our entire family because of what the enemy tried to do! I am praying for peace, divine wisdom, supernatural intervention, direction, discernment, and understanding.

We don't have to trust in anything... but GOD. He will make the rough places straight. We all need to stand on His Word today and declare... God is the author of peace and I accept peace into all situations, especially the ones I can't figure out on my own. We roll that burden and confusion over to Him and pick up His peace, soundness of mind, confidence, and victory. We don't have to understand everything in order to KNOW that God is able and will keep those in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Him. We need to look to God and keep our focus there, not on the situations around us.'

I found this very appropriate and important for our battles and doldrums. We need to know what is real and where we stand. Peace plays such an important role in our decisions and thoughts. If we don't have peace, then we are not where we're suppose to be or thinking correctly. Perfect peace=perfect plan from a perfect God.