Scripture: Isaiah 32:16-17
The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert, case
his righteousness live in the fertile field.
The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;
its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

Thought for the Day: The “fertile field” Isaiah described is not some plot of land in Iowa. We are each fertile fields, patient created to nourish the seed of God within—a seed we are born from, cialis and which we carry with us forever. If we nurture this God seed by living a “righteous” life, the seed of God grows into a sort of quiet, confident peace like none we have ever known.

Life is turmoil. But that turmoil can be exacerbated somewhat by concentrating on the seed of God within, by fertilizing our thoughts, actions, and body with right thinking and right acting. Righteousness does not mean we tell everyone else how wrong they are, or how condemned they are for not being Christian (or you can fill in the blank here with pretty much any religion). Righteousness means we live our lives in a way that always draws us closer to God.

God speaks to the world in an infinite variety of ways, many of which we can’t even begin to fathom with our human pea-brains, limited to perception of a four-dimensional world, limited by a lack of imagination about things we cannot see, touch, taste, hear or smell. We can overcome these limitations by believing we are more, and that there is more to the world than meets the eye. Peace comes to the world only after each of us makes peace with ourselves, and we make peace with ourselves by knowing that God is with us.

Prayer: Holy God of tranquility, bring me eternal, internal peace, so that by action and demeanor I might bring peace to others. Amen.