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Chill Out!
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by Janise Copeman
here are times you hear people say, “Chill Out!”
it like we can. At times we put so much burden and work
Usually, someone is trying to calm down a person.
on our already full plates. So, I encourage you today to
It can be just a joke, but most of the time it’s an
“CHILL” and get alone with Jesus . Instead of stuffing it or
indication that something is out of sorts. We try to do too
manifesting in volatile ways, let Him heal, teach, calm, and
much or think we have to be the ones to be strong and in
open flood gates of His peace into that situation!
cool, calm control at all times. God forbid we let someone
We get carried away with all the distractions, which the
see how we are coming apart in pieces internally! It’s when I
world is so full of, that we have to reel back in our focus,
get alone with the Lord, or just simply say “JESUS” that I get
our Rock, our Anchor and wait out the storm. When we wait
the focus back on HIM and enter back into His peace, and
out the storm and trust God, everything else starts to vanish
His presence pours into the situation and atmosphere.
in the background and it doesn’t seem to be as big of a situation it may have been before! We are all in different phases or walks of life—home, life, family, careers, and just everyday living can overwhelm us with questions, uncertainties, fears. It’s when we step back and wait upon the Lord He will open and close doors and maneuver us to where we are supposed to be headed. We find ourselves in limbo or uncomfortable seasons in our life, we have to stand still right where we are and praise Him there until the next door or chapter opens. Knowing there is someone who sees our life as we can’t, the author
He knows the plans for us and how it is all weaving a
and finisher of our faith. Who knows the beginning to the
plan. Sometimes the best plans are the ones we don’t force
end, and created us for a divine purpose can set our hearts
or make, but what the Lord allows to enfold! Believe me,
at peace. I encourage You today if you have never known
His imagination, fun and creativity are so much bigger than
JESUS and the peace that He can only give..Reach out to
anything we can think or do. He has unlimited sources and
Him when everything else is going haywire around you,
ways to make things happen. So many times we put Him
He is the calm in the storm and the ONE who whispers
in a box, and what He has for us is so much better if we just
“PEACE BE STILL.”
trust Him. others. We feel if we don’t take care of it, no one else can do
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About The Author
Trusting God, for some of us that may be harder than Janise Copeman lives in Trion,Georgia, is 49 years old, and she is blessed to be married to her soulmate for 26 years. She enjoys reading, writing, and encouraging others by spreading joy and love in the Lord.
