Perfect Peace

You will keep in perfect peace
   those whose minds are steadfast,
   because they trust in you.
Trust in the LORD forever,
   for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.

--Isaiah 26:3-4 (NIV)

LORD of Peace,

Keep me in that perfect peace that I only find in You.

I want to live in the kind of peace that radiates outwardly, from deep within me, to a world that needs Your peace so desperately.

I want to live in the kind of peace that remains at all times, in the middle of any circumstance, ever constant and unchanging.

I want to live in the kind of peace that comes from knowing that all is well between You and me, and that no un-confessed sin remains to separate me from You.

I know that You have made that kind of peace available to me, but it requires something on my part.

I know that I must trust You without wavering, at all times and in all things, no matter what comes against me, firmly and faithfully trusting in Your deep, ever- abiding love for me.

So, help me to trust in You, forever.  For, forever You will be my strength and a firm and never-failing foundation for my faith and hope to build upon.

Keep me in that perfect peace that I only find in You.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.