The Quiet Place

School has started again for me and my life has been made hectic over the past few days. It seems as if so many expect so much and at times I feel like I am drowning in a sea of endless work and expectations. This semester at Marshall is set to be one of the most demanding yet. From working in the lab doing research, helping teach a chemistry class and attending the famed Organic Chemistry II course to coming home in the evening and taking care of the farm and somehow fitting in time to practice piano, my week sometimes feels like I’m on a crash course. I feel like I want to just disappear to my room, my quiet place and stay there until it all gets better.

However, even if I was able to recede to my quite place whenever I wanted to, there will always be something else to deal with in the morrow. Don’t get me wrong; I love what I do. But, life can get very overwhelming and taxing very quickly. It is in these times, when I don’t have the opportunity to go to my quite place that I find comfort beyond anything I can imagine. Regardless of how stressful things get, at the end of the day I can rest assured that whatever comes my way I can stand on the fact that all I will ever need has already been taken care of. It was already finished for me some 2015 minus 33 years ago on the cross. I am so thankful that among the trials and tribulations that each day brings, I can stand in the peace that Christ has provided me in knowing that he is holding onto me.

To me, this is far greater than any quiet place. What is most amazing is that Christ finds me wherever I am and comforts me. I am reassured that my life is in his hands and that he will guide my every step. Oh what compassion Christ has! I cannot even begin to comprehend the beauty of the love that God has shown. When I think of the wonders and the blessing God has poured out, all my troubles just fade away. In the stressful times I can just run into His arms and He will help me without a doubt. This is what true peace is. Peace in knowing that I am found in Jesus Christ, my Savior! Far better than any quiet place.

Eric

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