The first gift I think of when I think of Jesus is the gift of salvation, forgiveness, grace, etc. But on the night he was betrayed he told his disciples that he had a gift for them that was none of these. He told them...
I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.Jesus was the Prince of Peace and offered us true peace, but that peace is not the same thing that the world refers to as peace. Too often when the world talks of peace, they mean the absence of war, regardless of the cost. But Jesus wasn't talking about this kind of peace at all. The world is able to give us a worldly peace between men, but Jesus said that his peace was something different... something better. His peace must be a spiritual peace between us and God that would truly give us peace of mind and heart, not a material peace between us and our fellow man that is too fragile for lasting peace. His gift of peace is beyond our understanding, but we can know it when we have it... a wonderful gift.
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