Open Arms

God is not the author of confusion but of peace.  (1 Corinthians 14:33)

The family and I went for a swim the other afternoon to cool off from a hot summer's day in Knoxville.  Elijah, our youngest son, is 11 months old, so he requires either me or Alicia to hold him whenever we enter the pool.  One of our good friends held him for a few moments that same afternoon, and his expression quickly changed from a smile into a look of dismay as he was confused as to why neither Alicia and I were holding him any longer.

You see, when one of us holds Elijah, he knows us and has absolute and complete trust in us.  As a baby, he has a total sense of security in his parent’s arms and he is at peace.  When someone new holds Elijah, he quickly becomes agitated and fussy because he doesn’t have the same peace in the arms of one of his parents. 

Just like a child trusts his/her parents, trusting God is also at the heart of our peace.

If we have an opinion about God that breaks down our trust of Him, we may feel anxious or become confused.  When we trust God with every fabric of our being; knowing that He is good all of the time, we can be at peace with our loving Father.