11-2-11

Dear Family of faith,
Tonight at Bible Study we learned again how gracious and loving God has been to us extending us forgiveness and welcoming us back after every failure of our lives. God's grace brings us such peace and joy, such lack of fear and delight in life that we are changed people. I shared this definition of these twin blessings of the Gospel: "Peace is joy resting; joy is peace dancing." When our hearts are filled with gratitude and life seems right, we have an inner calm that refreshes our spirit. And when we have an inner assurance of God's love we can rise up and express our delight and love of life in winsome and captivating ways. My wish for all of you is that you know that kind of peace and joy in your lives-- enough so that you sleep well and dance with gusto.