Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, 4 he will speak peace to his people, to his saints http://goo.gl/vC6GOA  Noisy lives need #peace

The magnificence of the God of justice is that he deliberately intermingles that which we would naturally keep apart.

The genesis of this song is the celebration of the removal of wrath from God’s people. Yes, they endured His right judgment but they were also awash in his steadfast love.

The view of God’s interaction with humans throughout Christian history seems to vacillate between the extremes of God’s punishment and God’s grace. Currently it appears we are in the full extreme of the ‘grace’ swing. The doctrine that God could ever really be angry with His people and that he would ever discipline us in a manner which may actually hurt is an unfamiliar thought at best.

We lost the ability to understand peace in the recent past. We exchanged the genuine and powerful quiet of the Whisper for the low and constantly drumming buzz. We must find the quiet of the Whisper and we must find it in haste. Without the Whisper, we most certainly will miss the pleasure of the Kiss to come.

Kiss?

Absolutely! The kiss of righteousness to peace in the presence of steadfast love and faithfulness. Don’t we yearn for things to be right, for peace, for steadfast love, for faithfulness, even truth in our lives? We do, and yet we don’t possess such things.

Our experience is full of ‘cheating,’ and quarrels, and fickleness, and brokenness. Some pretend they don’t care about the absence of peace; most try anything to cover over the absence of peace. We even went so far as to make our lack of peace the plot of nearly every form of our entertainment business. ‘Who is the baby’s father?’ ‘Who was the murderer?’ ‘Who deceived who in order to get ahead?’ ‘Who did the greater wrong so they may be punished?’ ‘Who turned from being the hero, to the villain, to the turncoat, to the hero again?’

We are always restless. Will we ever learn?

Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, so our land will be filled with his glory. Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed! Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness smiles down from heaven. Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings. Our land will yield its bountiful harvest. Righteousness goes as a herald before him, preparing the way for his steps.-Psalm 85:9-13, NLT