So here we are on trip #2 to South Sudan, and I haven’t even written anything about trip #1. Oops. So here’s a quick summary of our story…


 

There is a man named Kony that is on the loose in east Africa. He has caused
more terror than I can even begin to express in words. Joseph Kony is a warlord who specializes in capturing and traumatizing children
so thoroughly and severely that they will never attempt to run away, then
training them to be soldiers who obey his every twisted command. I watched the popular youtube video and thought maybe it was a stretch. Surely no one could be so vicious in this day and time and still roam free.



I was very, very wrong...

“I don’t feel like it.”     
 

                                 “You hurt my feelings.”    


                                              
                                                              “God feels so far away.”

Feelings play a large role in our lives. They can be responsible for everything from who we marry to whether we do the dishes or not before we go to bed. According to Hollywood, the way to be happy is to “follow your heart.”  Does that really work?

Peace. What a lovely word. Take a deeeeeeep breath and just sit there for a moment and imagine what it would feel like to have complete and total peace…not to be in a rush…not to have regrets…to just sit there, and be…. and to be at rest, both physically, and deep in your soul.

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Previously posted on Embracing Beauty at http://embracingbeauty.com/2012/03/06/peace/