Just sit back... relax....keep your hands on your lap with the palms facing up and restfully opened. Take deep, slow, quiet and gentle breaths as you watch and concentrate on this picture-one of the most beautiful lagoons in the world! This is Vona Vona Lagoon in Western province of the Solomon Islands.
Now, imagine yourself as the guy sitting in the canoe, gently and slowly moving along the edge of the water. The sky is clear and beautiful with only a few patches of white clouds in the horizon; the air is clean, quiet and peaceful; the water is absolutely still and crystal clear; and you feel a gentle, cool morning breeze caressing your face as your canoe gently moves along. The morning hour is calm and peacefully quiet, except for the faint rustling sound of the coconut leaves in the breeze, and a lonely call of the water bird in the distance. You are not at all in a hurry like you were yesterday, remembering that today you have purposedly came to this place to relax and enjoy, and you know that you have the whole day to yourself! As you gently and lazily move along the water with the flow of the refreshing breeze soothingly cooling the nape of your neck, a verse from the Psalms comes to your mind: "He leads me beside still waters, He restores my soul..". All of a sudden, all your worries and troubles seem to have become very dim and distant, and somehow you have a misteriously calm assurance that everything is going to be alright! And today, for the first time in many years, you felt the presence....the presence of Someone who brings peace and hope, joy and assurance....the presence of the Prince of Peace Himself, who gently whispers to your ear, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid". (Jn 14:27).
Now you know where to come whenever you need peace and quiet...He will always be there for you!
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