‘Peace’ means “I have forgiven all those sins against me.”
This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.

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We need a God who can heal us of true guilt and false guilt. We need a Christ who not only removes the shame we feel for what we’ve done, but who washes away the shame that others have smeared upon us.
God knows our need. He knows how it is to raise unruly children. He is very experienced in dealing with rebellion.
Having a particularly sad day, I set out to find the Gospel of Happy.
Having a particularly sad day, I set out to find the Gospel of Happy.
Being a run-of-the-mill, mediocre parent is a gift to your children. It models for them what life is all about: the little things, the overlooked things, the minuscule elements of daily life that—in various ways—are God’s gifts to us.
That image of the “godly woman” haunted me from examples in the Bible of honorable women.
You have suffered your son to come unto Jesus; but fathers, don’t let him die!
Every single child we raise has a completely unique perspective, personality, strength, and weakness.
With the proclamation that grace and peace come through the bloody suffering and death of Jesus, we're awoken to the fact that God's grace covers all our sin and His peace calms our busy heart and mind.
Our relief when we're troubled can't be found at the end of all our preparations and celebrations, no matter how pious our intent.
In happiness, we dare never forget that it is Christ, and Christ alone, who has restored our joy.
You are free to love your children without any expectations because you have been loved immeasurably.