Prince of Peace
Today at church Stephen and I were presented with the opportunity to share about this weeks advent theme of peace. It was so wonderful this weekend to sit down together and study peace and what it means. So we pulled out good ol' Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology, and a few other internet resources to study what God's character of peace is. We were both struck by Grudem's definition of peace: "Gods peace means that in God's being and in his actions he is separate from all confusion and disorder, yet he is continually active in innumerable well-oriented, fully controlled, simultaneous actions." (203). Peace is a communicable attribute of God, meaning that in God's grace he allows us to participate in his peace and it can actually become part of our very own character! This is in contrast to God being all knowing, because we will never obtain this part of his character.
God's peace is in no way associated with inactivity. As we seek after Christ this Christmas season, He in his character of peace both removes distraction and gives clarity as we consider and mediate on the true events of this holy day. We often think of peace as stopping, going on vacation, escaping. But God’s peace is characterized by his ordered actions.What a wonderful thing this is for us to learn amidst all the busyness that come with medical school, working, and nursing school. I am still just amazed by the simple fact that God allows us to participate in his character.
I am taken back to last year at this time when I was in Theology 1 at Biola, finishing up a study on the Character of Jesus Christ, his full humanity and his full divinity, and what a miracle and amazing thing this is.
In 2 weeks we will be celebrating 6 months of being married (although, in a great way, it feels like its been so much longer), and will be packing our bags and printing our tickets to fly home the next day :) What an exciting time this is!
On Friday we decided to spend our date night downtown Denver at the parade of lights. It was the most legitimate parade I have ever been to! It was chili but SO fun! They were expecting 350,000 people there!
Stephen has a very busy few weeks before we take off, with 4 tests in the next 2 weeks, so your prayers for strength and focus would be much appreciated!
much love,
Hannah
God's peace is in no way associated with inactivity. As we seek after Christ this Christmas season, He in his character of peace both removes distraction and gives clarity as we consider and mediate on the true events of this holy day. We often think of peace as stopping, going on vacation, escaping. But God’s peace is characterized by his ordered actions.What a wonderful thing this is for us to learn amidst all the busyness that come with medical school, working, and nursing school. I am still just amazed by the simple fact that God allows us to participate in his character.
I am taken back to last year at this time when I was in Theology 1 at Biola, finishing up a study on the Character of Jesus Christ, his full humanity and his full divinity, and what a miracle and amazing thing this is.
In 2 weeks we will be celebrating 6 months of being married (although, in a great way, it feels like its been so much longer), and will be packing our bags and printing our tickets to fly home the next day :) What an exciting time this is!
On Friday we decided to spend our date night downtown Denver at the parade of lights. It was the most legitimate parade I have ever been to! It was chili but SO fun! They were expecting 350,000 people there!
Stephen has a very busy few weeks before we take off, with 4 tests in the next 2 weeks, so your prayers for strength and focus would be much appreciated!
much love,
Hannah
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