Doors from Chaos to Peace

Struggling to re-establish a normal inner peace in my life, I started by taking time with the Lord. Actually, my relationship with God never took a beating as life spun out of the norm last year. However, being a firm believer all starts with the Lord, I went first to soul time to jump start my settling back into my normal existence. O.K., I realize those who know me best are laughing cause my norm can only be defined as abnormal. Still, I needed to retreat from my total chaotic 2024 and seek 2025 to be what even heaven might declare as my abnormal over what hell declares abysmal.

I was seeking God’s peace and direction. Logically, at least to me, my route was to find God in new ways. My Bible in a year, daily devotionals, small groups and weekly Church service were already my life’s staples. My hunger desired to witness God being the thread running through universal Christian lives. My decision was to take the second day of weekend services and visit different churches and reap the blessing of peace as other congregations praised our universal, one and only God. In doing so, I sought the gift of seeing (and understanding) though surroundings vary, God is the norm from whence peace reigns (and rains) for all Christians. He is who adds routine stability to our crazy (at times even out of control) lives and world. Simply stated, God, alone, is the center of all that is normal. He is the common fiber that sustains us in both peace and balance of mind and soul.

Regardless of the open Church doors through which I walked, every Christian denomination I partook of was uplifting, Scripture enlightening and brought unity amongst all worshippers. The tragedies of the current world were prayed for; and while earthly chaos was not instantaneously quenched by the congregations’ intercessions, all worshiping experienced release from the fires of worldly turmoil in praising God’s power to forgive all trespasses and deliver all from evil. Universally in every Church, spending time with God stopped the onslaught of worldly pandemonium and replaced the atmosphere with harmony, peace and blessings.

Denominations might have outward differences, but inwardly all praise of God results in our Heavenly Father being honored and mankind being immersed in the normalcy of God’s peace and protection. Time with God is the sole way for our souls to switch the normal chaos of the world into blissful normalcy. Maybe we can’t escape the world, but we can escape its chaos by falling at our God’s feet and praising Him whose power dispels all evil and brings unto all the regular presence of calm amidst all storms. Herein is the finding of the norm all children of God seek and savor.

Driving away from my last visited House of Worship, a chuckle and a sigh escaped my being. I had been seeking a normal, peaceful routine to embrace my life. My chuckle was grounded in my realization that in this world the norm is tumultuous chaos. My sigh was rooted in the absolute truth that only in both God’s presence and hands can the touchstone of normalcy be founded and grounded in the orderliness of peace and harmony. Looking up to the calm skies of heaven, I quipped to God, “There’s a double purpose of the Sabbath, isn’t there? First and foremost, You created it as a normal time of praise given You. However, You engineered it, also, as a fueling station for Your children. For in praising You, the normalcy of Your peace and harmony are interjected into the lives of Your wearied children. The tranquility resulting from praising You becomes the petrol we need to remain in normalcy of faith, hope, love and trust as we routinely maneuver through the normalcy of chaos in our fallen world and lives.