The Peace That Surpasses All Understanding

(FOT Day 3) - James Farnsworth—October 28, 2023

Be turning to Phil. 4 and as you turn there, I want to

read a story to you:

Once there was a king who offered to give a prize to an

an artist who could best paint a depiction of peace. Many artists decided to

participate, so they sent the king their masterpieces. Among the various

masterpieces, one picture was of a calm lake, closely resembling peacefully

towering snow-capped mountains, where a blue sky with fluffy clouds was

overhead.

Most of those who viewed the paintings of peace from

different artists thought that this one here would be the one. But the king had

another winner in mind. To the crowd’s surprise, the picture that won was of a

mountain, as well. But was more plain, and it was more rugged than the other

paintings. The sky was shady and looked angry because there was lightning.

It was exactly the opposite of what peace should look

like. The others thought that the artist may have sent in the wrong painting

that o pictures peace. What others did notice was that if you look closely at

the painting, there was a tiny bush growing in the cracks of a rock, and in

that bush there was a nest built by a mother bird, and in the midst of the

stormy weather, the bird sits peacefully on her nest...

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