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27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.  John 14:27 NKJV

16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 NKJV

33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you [a]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”  John 16:33 NKJV

peacePEACE

Hanging on the wall of my soul is a memory,

like a charcoal sketch of blended gray and muted light,

as quiet, silenced breath,

like hovering peace

the river waited for me

at midwinter.

It cradled me for a fragile sliver of time

in the sheltered alcove

between bridge and river bank.

The world crept away

and God just held me

until I had absorbed the lesson

and the peace

into the far corner of my soul.

And in that far corner,

I hung quietness to be revisited,

and the memory of the river,

and God’s love

found in that silent place.

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