Finding Peace At The Center Of The Storm

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"Finding Peace" is emotional poetry. This is a book of deep and very meaningful positive affirmations." Rabbi Tom Meyer, lecturer, Author of "Powers of the Soul" "Every once in a while, a book comes along that can truly change your life. This is genius packed in nuggets of wisdom." Tommy Rosa, Author "Health Revelations from Heaven"

The Blessing Someone told me there is a blessing in a bad memory I asked God how could this be? Remember the night Christ died for thee. If he had not, where do you think you would be. I let it happen for a story to be told To people everywhere young and old. For pain is a thing of life You will not recognize joy if you never go through strife You can never experience love if you never experienced pain How can you enjoy the sun if you never come out to the rain? How can you have laughed if you have never cried Where is the hope with no vision in sight? Mistreated by friends Abused by others how can you Continue to live life if you have never been through a struggle.

We live in a society filled with broken people. Over the years the church has had to make a fundamental decision regarding those of us who have faced such trying times. This book, although speaks about divorce, death, financial difficulties, is a book about how someone like me faced one of the most difficult times in my life. This book is not about how unfaithful we are, but rather, how faithful God is. Through some of our darkest times-those caused by our own choices and those allowed by God, we see just how faithful God is. If you are struggling to find answers, if you are struggling to find solutions, this book is written for you. It demonstrates through the Word of God that we could find peace in some of life's most dangerous storms. The storm of death, the storm of divorce, the storm of financial ruin are nothing compared to God's ability to take our broken world and heal it. All too often the church has failed to minister to those of us who are broken, to those of us who have baggage, and to those of us who need deep spiritual, emotional, and psychological healing. This book chronicles my marriage that fell a part when my then wife lost a pregnancy. Watching my marriage fall a part and incapable of fixing it, I journeyed on a 40 day fast. This book is the result of the insight God gave me concerning my hardship. I invite you to take this journey with me and hopefully along the way you discover what I did so many years ago. The very fact that God is faithful and that no matter what you are facing God is on your side.

All of us have immense inner resources for dealing with what life throws at us - but we have to learn how to release those resources. We can't always control what life sends us, but we can choose how we respond. And that, Easwaran tells us, is mainly a matter of quieting the agitation in the mind. It's a simple idea, but one that goes deep - a truly calm mind can weather any storm. And we learn to calm the mind through practice - there's no magic about it. This book offers insights, stories, practical techniques, and exercises that will help us release the energy, compassion, and wisdom we need to ride the waves of life minute by minute, day by day.