The Bible is God inspired, true, sufficient, brilliantly written, and trusted by Jesus, and it keeps and moves us forward on the path closer to Jesus. The Bible is also a miracle. One book was written by multiple authors of varied backgrounds and ethnicities over hundreds of years, yet it tells one story without error or contradiction. That alone is a miracle.

Being a parent means your role is always changing. When your kids are small, you’re in the Discipline Years, teaching right and wrong and consequences. As they age and begin school, you move into the Training Years, explaining the why behind all those rules you taught. Then the teen years become the Coaching Years where you seek to connect more than you correct so that when you enter the Friendship Years (18+), you are consulted for input and advice.

When we look back on our lives, there have been some dark hours. We’ve all wrestled with sleepless nights where we wake up thinking, “What if, what if, what if?” But God has shown us how to move from anxiety to peace. Peace is found between the pillars of God’s goodness and His control. That same peace is activated when our prayers move from general to specific.

Jesus is the Prince of Peace. And he wants to quiet your mind and settle you down; He wants us all to eliminate unhealthy anger that is poisoning our lives, relationships, country, and world. May we put down our swords and our unhealthy anger and be quick to listen, slow to speak … and take up our crosses and follow our King