Justmom, are you reading my mind? lol ( and Peace to you).
I was just thinking this morning that I don't remember you starting a thread lately; and I have also had those verses on my mind. I honestly do not know what all that means, but sometimes I want to say 'peace' and other times I don't think of it.
I guess I mostly feel that it is not necessary to wish peace upon 'this' house, because we all know each other's intentions, and that we are accepted and received here already. If visiting a new board or someone's youtube or something like that, where I wasn't known, I would try to remember to wish them peace, so they would know I'm not just fault-finding if I want to leave a comment that I think might be helpful to them. But when I'm rebuffed, it doesn't feel like any peace returns to me. lol. At least not at first. But then I think of this:
Quote:
22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.
23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
Okay, y'all, the other day I tried to leap, in case He meant that literally. I think both feet only barely cleared the floor. lol. I'm sure it was quite a comical sight.
And also what does it mean that the Lord's peace will return to you, since the verse calls it
your peace?
Oh yeah, one more thing I've noticed about myself at least. Sometimes I put the wish for peace at the end of the post, when the verse says, "when you
enter, say a greeting.........
I would like to understand this better.