peace....

Well, what a busy time I have been having recently. I sometimes feel like a big ear, with a sign above me saying come and talk to me!! I'm not complaining, it just feels weird really, as folk come out of the blue and most of them are something to do with the church. It makes me worry about the church sometimes and about the lack of peace in folk's lives especially those in the church.

I was talking about peace and peacemaking yesterday at the informal service we have at the church I attend, and we were exploring together what peace is, what stops us from getting it and then a challenge to find ways of being peacemakers over the coming month. I then come into work this morning and was asked by my colleague what makes me angry.

He is doing a session on anger and how we deal with anger for our students and was wondering what makes people get angry and obviously it is very different for people but it was a fascinating conversation we had... and are still having on and off.

For me peace is something that we know how to find peace away from noise etc, but do we actually really find peace because we often take our inner turmoil with us. For some being content with their 'lot' is enough, for others me included it is about knowing that we are in the right place, doing what God wants us to be doing, even if it means having to deal with stuff on our journey.