Day Ten // March 7 // Finding It Again (Growing Peace) “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.” – C. S. Lewis –
The world is full of cheap imitations. We substitute lust for love. We substitute money for value. We substitute fleeting happiness for eternal joy. But like everything we try to manufacture, there is a shelf-life to our diversions. Trophies tarnish. Happiness dims. And lust’s eyes wander. As C.S. Lewis says, outside of God there is no real peace. There is no meaningful substitute or alternative source. Peace is the very real fruit that grows in (and only in) the life of faith. Does that mean that we won’t face storms and difficulties? Does it mean that we won’t struggle or doubt? Of course not. What it means, though, is that even as the storms rage on the outside,
