Great Peace, His Peace!

I have come to the conclusion that my mind is going to be my biggest battle for the rest of my life here on earth but I am determined to fight this battle with the Word of God and His promises. Each day gets better and better but I can never let my guard down!

I am rereading Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer's (which I have read at least a dozen times before) in trying to be more positive in my thoughts and trying to wage this war in my head. In some of the time that I have spent on the internet reading about what dreaded disease I could have, I found a great peace in a simple story. By the way I have to say if you battle with fear and a wandering mind stop watching the news, stop googling everything and just pray to your maker!

I stopped watching the news almost a year ago, I don't watch crime dramas and I am working on the googling thing! These things feed the battle in my mind and are not good for me or my family.

As a Christian I am ashamed to admit that yes I am afraid to die. I think more for what I am bound to miss here on Earth than for what lies ahead, but I also am not a big fan of the unknown. I hate surprises, I hate when I am the last to know something and I hate not having everything figured out.

Here is the story that gave me a little peace:

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side."

Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."

"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?"

The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side of which came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness. Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing... I know my Master is there and that is enough."

May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

Everytime I think about this story or read it over, I have to cry. It doesn't matter what heaven is going to be like (although I am sure it will be great) and it doesn't matter what I leave behind (although I love my family and friends incredibly) because my Master is in heaven and there is no greater place than in the arms of my Heavenly Father!!!

On a side note, I am not saying all of this to say I am dying (although we all are). I just have discovered GREAT PEACE in this simple story.