Colossians 3: 15 ¹⁵ And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

this is the scripture I woke up to this morning and I thought... sheesh! we are to live in peace with everyone... if Christ's peace rules in our body... we will be at peace with others.. now I agree with this as a general statement.. I am not as argumentative as I used to be.. but I am still argumentative.. and this situation with this guy from my job driving me berserk tells me that I can still get set off... easily... and quickly... so if I have peace of God ruling within me.. why do I forfeit that for that momentary anger I wonder?

it states as members of one body we are called to live in peace.. we are called to it... somewhat like commanded I am thinking.. again... this is is as a general way to live.. but you have those couple sandpaper people in your life... and imagine the sandpaper people live within your own house... that makes it so much harder to be at peace with them if they are constantly trying to pick at you and get you to react... for me.. it isn't even about an action anymore.. it is more of a reaction... I react to what someone else does.. there was a time that I was acting out.. but it has now become a reaction so that is some progress but surely not where I want to be...

and always be thankful.. this has become my motto in life... I have lived through some dramatic and traumatic things in this life.. and now I am just so thankful.. for the good days and for the bad ones! God has TRULY been good to me.. above and beyond what I could ever think or imagine...