May your Shalom Peace of God be upon me.

That is one of the most powerful and complete prayers we can utter. Here is a poem woven around that profound request.

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The Surpassing Peace

Not as the world gives, frail and brief, A temporary,small relief— But grant me,Lord, Your shalom peace, A blessed,holy, sweet release. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives.”(John 14:27)

Let peace that surpasses understanding stand, A sentry guarding heart and mind and hand. When logic fails and fear would take its throne, Let Your deep calm claim me,and me alone. “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”(Philippians 4:7)

Let it be like a river, wide and deep, A constant flow Your vigilance will keep. Washing away all anxiety, Carving new channels of trust in me. “Oh, that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river…”(Isaiah 48:18)

Let it be a shalom—whole, complete, A triumph over every dark defeat. Restoring all that’s broken,making new, In every part,my life refined by You. “And the God of peace will be with you.”(Philippians 4:9)

So let this peace, this holy, deep delight, Dwell in my spirit through the day and night. A settled stillness in the wildest storm, The surest proof my life is in Your form.

May Your shalom peace be upon me now, To this,my humble, fervent prayer, You bow. I receive it in the name of Your Son, And in His finished work,it is done.

Amen.