This past week I received the following text messages, each from a different person. Do you see a theme?
“Prayer request: feeling pretty overwhelmed this week with everything going on, having a hard time managing stress.”
“I’m at urgent care now. Been having tightness/pain/gas build-up(?) on the left side of my chest on and off for a week now.”
“I’m pretty exhausted and cynical about a lot right now. It’s all a bit raw.”
“I’m so angry right now.”
My guess is that all of us experience these kinds of thoughts and feelings. I sure do. The text messages paint a picture of real life. In our real lives, we face all sorts of conflicted situations. Broken relationships, financial worries, health concerns, doubts about faith and the future. We long for peace in a fraught world.
Maybe you know the feeling. This coming week we continue our blog series studying the traditional themes of the Advent Season. I encourage you to read Ephesians 2:11–22 ahead of time, as that passage will guide us as we search for peace.
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