John 14:27

Tonight I decided to start a new devotional. It was one that was on my app on my iPhone by Joyce Meyer. Today's started in John 14:27.

John 14:27

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁷ “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. 

 

 

I absolutely loved this verse. It is seriously something we need to remind ourselves of daily. I highly recommend you reading all of John 14 though because it is all good!

 

To me knowing that God can give us a peace that the world is unable to give us is such a beautiful thing. The verse doesn't say to not be troubled or afraid in one situation but it is ok to be in another. We are to not be troubled or afraid in all of our situations because when Jesus left this earth He promised us a peace not only of the heart but of the mind.

 

To me you can only find this when you are truly seeking it. You have to be seeking Christ and be in His presence to truly feel His peace. Once you realize that God has commanded us to not to be afraid it seems more clear that we don't have a reason to truly be afraid because the Creator of the Universe told us it wasn't necessary.

 

This is a verse that can apply to so many situations. Especially if you are going through a hard time right now, remember Jesus offers a peace to your heart and mind through the Holy Spirit. Trust in Him that everything is in control. God doesn't want bad things to happen in your life, but we live on an earth where they just do. But if you continue to trust in Him He can turn any situation around and bring glory to Him if you just believe in Him and his everlasting peace.

 

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Daytona Beach, Florida

So today we have officially arrived in Daytona. It was definitely quite the journey to get down here though. We left early Friday morning (which was quite difficult I might add since i got home around 2:30am and my mother decided to wake us all up at 4:30am. 

 

6:30am- we packed up the car and headed to red box and McDonalds and the hit I75 for our lovely 15 hour car ride!! 

  

Mom decided she would start driving and would try to make it to Georgia, our stopping point for the night. After about 10 hours of driving we made it to Georgia around 7ish and went for a walk to find dinner. We found ourselves at The Distillery, a quaint little hole in the wall Restraunt. Although its appearance wasn't the greatest the food was amazing! If you are ever in Savannah, Georgia it's definitely a place to eat at if you want a good burger. 

While we were in Savannah I found out that this was the most haunted city in the United States... Awesome right?definitely not. I am happy to say that we didn't encounter any ghosts just lots of ghost tour buses and a few hearses. 

In the morning we woke up and attempted to drive to a place with shops but couldn't find it so we just decided to head toward our destination. We had 4 more hours to go and boy did they feel like forever. I passed the time by watching the movie side effects... Bad idea it wasn't very good. 

Anyways we finally arrived around 3.  

Thankfully our room was ready! We decided to unpack the car, go to publix, chill for a bit, and then go to dinner. Now were back at the hotel for the night chilling in the lounge area currently playing Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader. 

The view from the balcony! 

And I will finish with a quote fromJon: 

Background info: this was his like 4th shirt he had tried on. None of them looked that great so he had to change each time. So now we are on the 5th shirt and all of us are waiting to leave for dinner. 

Jon- "guys does this outfit look good?" 

All of us- "yeah it looks fine." 

Jon- "guys I don't want to look just fine, I want to look good. You guys just said that because your in a hurry to put a burger in your mouth."

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