Just breathe

Just breathe, George, just breathe. Calm down. Breathe. It's all going to be okay. And it will.

Jesus said one time to a woman (in Mark 5:34), "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over."

Rob Bell writes about this verse:

"The word Jesus would have used for peace is the Hebrew word shalom.

Shalom is an important word in the Bible, and it is not completely accurate to translate it simply as peace.

Shalom is the presence of the goodness of God. It's the presence of wholeness, completeness.

So when Jesus tells the woman to go in peace, he is placing the blessing of God on all of her. Not just her physical body. He is blessing her with God's presence in her entire being. And this is because for Jesus, salvation is holistic in nature. For Jesus, being saved or reconciled to God involves far more than just the saving of your physical body or your soul -- it involves all of you.

God's desire is for us to live in harmony with him -- body, soul, spirit, mind, emotions -- every inch of our being."

Just breathe - in the peace of God. Thank you Lord.