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Choose Peace

by Rev. Cheryl Ford

Recently I had been agonizing over a decision regarding two avenues for spiritual expression. Both avenues are intrinsic to each other, so it really made no difference which I chose, but for some reason one gave me a sense of peace and calm. It filled me with a feeling of creativity and freedom; while the other made me feel impatient, overwhelmed and uncertain.

Although to go with the one that gave me a sense of peace seemed like the obvious choice, a sense of obligation surrounded the other. And even though I kept putting the matter into Spirit’s Hands, I kept taking it back again and attempted to rely on my own rationale to decide where I wanted to put my energy.

Finally, after really asking for Spirit’s Guidance, and really opening myself to His answer, I heard it loud and clear: “Do what brings you peace.” In fact, I had been reading Tom Carpenter’s book “Dialogue on Awakening” and in it Jesus says to ‘only choose what brings us peace.’

Essentially, he explains, it’s in the practice of choosing to do only what brings us peace that gives us the ability to bring peace to whatever we do. In essence, we are choosing peace, not the activity.

This lesson had a lot of meaning for me in regard to my situation because I had been really trying hard to figure out what I should do? I had been trying so hard, all of my peace flew out the window! Not just in relation to my choice, but in other areas of my life as well.

Once I decided to choose peace, I realized that what I really wanted was simply to be in alignment with God’s Will for my spiritual awakening and to help others do the same. In fact, this is a part of my personal mission statement as a minister. In relation to this thought, I looked on my night table and saw the Pathways of Light poster “I Am Open to God’s Perfect Plan.”

The first three paragraphs of the poster read: “God has a perfect plan for me. It is always there, waiting for my consent. God’s perfect plan brings me an awareness of union, safety and a deep inner happiness. As I trust in God’s plan and not my own, I fulfill my part as a minister of God.”
Reading this again, as I do often, was an excellent reminder that when I choose peace, what I am really choosing is to give my consent to be in alignment with God’s perfect plan for me. It reminded me that ‘I never have to worry about what to say, or what to do, because He goes there with me, and I am certain that His direction gives me peace.’

I know now that when I choose peace, I am choosing Love. I am choosing Patience, I am choosing Joy, and I am choosing all of the things that are reflective of my real Self. Mostly, I am choosing to be in harmony with God’s Will. That is why my decision to choose peace results in peace in all of my activities, because peace is in my mind, and it is my choice for peace that creates it.

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