Peace in Real Time

Peace is not always a quiet room, a clear mind, or a perfect day.

Sometimes peace is choosing not to spiral when something feels uncertain.
Sometimes peace is taking your hand off the urge to control the outcome.
Sometimes peace is letting your body unclench without needing a reason.

Grace in the Middle reminds us that peace is not a destination you arrive at once. It is something you practice in real time, while life is still lifing.

Peace can look like:

• pausing before you respond

• closing the laptop when you have done enough

• letting silence be an answer

• releasing the need to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you

• giving yourself permission to be in process

If you are carrying both gratitude and heaviness this week, you are not confused. You are layered. Healing is layered too.

So today, try this: take one deep breath. Name what you feel without judging it.
Then ask yourself, “What would be kind to me right now?”

Start there.

Peace does not require perfection. It requires presence. And grace will meet you in that place.

In that same spirit, I am grateful to share the launch of the A Time for Prayer (ATFP) Virtual Prayer Corner. It is a new space to pause, breathe, and be covered in prayer no matter where you are. If you need a moment to reset your heart and refocus your faith, I hope you will join us.

And if you are looking for a safe, grace-filled space to process and breathe, visit Precious Hope Healing and Support at www.ph2s.org to learn more about our healing group sessions.

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