The image is taken from a blog with this address https://letterpile.com/inspirational/Quotes-About-Inner-Peace-and-Peaceful-Living, by Dora Weithers, as the name implies are phrases and thoughts that serve as seeds of wisdom.
However, I want to comment on the Letter to the Philippians Cap 4, 1-9 (St. Paul).
Start with this verse:
So, my beloved and very dear brothers, my joy and my crown, persevere firmly in the Lord, dearest.
In this verse it can be deduced that the Christian community of Philippi is a work, besides the action of the Holy Spirit, of the preaching and shepherding of Saint Paul, for that reason he says that they are "my crown". He urges them to persevere firmly in the Lord, something that must be taken seriously in the face of so much ideological influence contrary to the Christian faith in our times.
Keep going,
I pray to Evodia and to Síntique to have the same feelings in the Lord.
Most likely, and currently in our times, is that there were people who differed in terms of feelings and ways of thinking.
Follow:
And to you also, faithful companion, that you help those who have fought much for the gospel with me and with Clement and with the other collaborators of mine, whose names are written in the book of life.
Here is a request for a "faithful companion", unknown to us but perhaps who received the letter to be communicated to the Philippians, an application that was nothing else than to collaborate in agreeing with those who disagreed and who had collaborated with Paul in the process of Evangelization.
Rejoice always in the Lord; again I say: rejoice. Your benevolence be notorious to all men. The Lord is near.
Joy is the fundamental note of the Christian life. When there is faith and hope, the intimate joy springs forth before the future that we already glimpse in the Lord. Joy is in the Lord because He does not disappoint, when this is based on our own plans, it is most likely that it is vain because we have a high percentage of our own plans fail. People should notice the joy that comes from the closeness of a friend, the world should notice. We say that Christ is King, and that in Him all things were made, we also know that God is Omnicient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent, then, as not to rejoice.
Do not worry about anything, but at all times, in prayer and in prayer, your petitions will be presented to God, accompanied by thanksgiving.
A wise advice: "Zero worry + Prayer + Thanksgiving". This is obvious: if we have faith and hope there can be no worry (current element of what we know as stress). There will always be need, but the solution to our needs is given by God; Prayer and thanksgiving is a means to present our requests to God. Here we must clarify a point: respecting people who say "prayer is powerful, prayer can do everything", no, who can do everything is God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus
This verse has an interesting content. "The peace of God": After the resurrection, Christ tells his apostles: Peace to you; on another occasion he says: "my peace I leave you, my peace I give you, not as the world but as I give it". The Peace of God is much more interior. Saint Augustine defines peace as "the tranquility that order gives". If we allow God to put an inner order in our lives then we will experience a tranquility different from that which comes from our passions and thoughts. That is why the verse expresses that it surpasses all understanding.
For the rest, brothers, listen to what is true, honorable, just, pure, kind, praiseworthy, virtuous, praiseworthy: stay tuned.
This is clear. Where do we fix our attention? Where do we put our eyes? What do we hear? Only that which is able to build man interiorly, making him more like the will of God, can make us experience his peace permanently.
Now if we can understand the thought written in the initial image:
"Serenity is not being free from the storm but being at peace within the storm"
They are loved and respected.
Greetings from Venezuela
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