Peace I give unto you

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

I went to two different sacrament meetings today and in both of the fast and testimony meetings this scripture from John was quoted.

My first time running into this scripture was at Girl's Camp, when I was a fourth year. There were four of us in a tent camping out. It was the night that we got back from the fourth year hike and were all exhausted. We started to fall asleep when we noticed a bright light shining directly on our tent, almost as if it were a spotlight. It was a steady light and none of us knew where it was coming from.

We got a little spooked.

We were too afraid to even move or speak.

Finally we all sat up and decided to find a scripture to comfort us. We looked in the topical guide of the scriptures under "peace".

That's what brought us to this scripture. John 14:27.

Turns out it was one of our flashlights that had been left on, sitting in the suitcase hahaha.

My cousin blessed his first baby boy this morning. Our family filled up his entire chapel, I love my big family :) I was pleasantly suprised to run into an old, dear friend. Well, a parent of an old, dear friend.      I let my mind run with memories of what was an exceptional time in life. No filter. And for a short time, I missed it.  

Looking at life today, I wouldn't trade it for anything else.

What am I grateful for?

Truth.

the Power of the Word.

Love.

Music.

Family.

x and o