Peace Without All The Pieces

You know…you only think about money?  When you don’t have it.  When you have it?  You don’t have to think about it…it’s just there.  So, I came up with this saying during our rough times:

ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ

ஜஜMake money...need more... ஜஜ
ஜஜMake do...need less...        ஜஜ
ஜஜMore or less...PIMP LOL TNTஜஜ
ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ

I was also thinking about how easy it is to have peace when you have all the pieces of the pie.  You know.  Like a slice of cash, a slice of health, a slice of groceries, a slice of…well, you get it.  Some days?  Seems like everyone wants a piece of you, right?  When all you want is peace!  And peace is just around the corner, right?  At the bank, the grocery store, the clothing store, the Dr.’s, the hairdresser’s, even church.  Sure, you got peace…after you grab a piece of everything you need.  But, what if you didn’t have that piece of money, food, health, new clothes, etc., your needs…never mind your wants. Would you still have peace?  Can you have peace without all the pieces?  Hmmm…it’s tough, I’ve lived with much and I’ve lived with every little.  It is a lot easier to live in this world with money and necessities and all the pieces of the pie, but when you make money?  You need more.  And when you make do?   You need less.  PIMPLOL…  You tend to see God more in all your needs. Same with all those pieces…you learn to be creative and cut your own hair or trade off your talents with others.  Now, back to having peace in all this?  With His peace?  No one gets a piece of you!  Because He has that peace that everyone tries to find elsewhere…somewhere within the other “pieces”.  That peace that goes way beyond our understanding.  Like fresh air we breathe in, but can’t see.  It’s still there and we feel it… Or like a baby inside the mother’s womb.  Before ultrasound and all the technology out there, women had to trust that there was a baby growing inside them.  They could see their own bodies changing, but had to have peace and faith from the heartbeat and movement and their own changing…that her baby was safe.  To me?  That’s kind of how His peace is.  We get glimpses that He is there and His peace will be evident in the strangest ways.  Like the baby moving his or head…or kicking.  Might even have pain with peace of knowing everything is okay.  Right, sometimes peace comes with pain. Ouch, that hurts.   But, not more than we can stand.  Okay, well, let me know what you think.  I have new stats on each post (50, I think), where you can give comments or reactions.  So, talk to me.  Oh, and remember?  Give all your pieces? To Him…He’ll turn them into His peace!  And, don’t I know that this is hard?  Yes!   But, you can certainly have peace...without all the pieces.   Peace, Trace