Peace Amid The Storms Series

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John 14:27, KJV: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

PEACE AMID THE STORMS

I have grown to fall in love with "Ewe" names and their meanings just as I love the Yurobas and Igbo names in Nigeria because of the special meanings, attributes and relevance attached to them. One of these "Ewe" names I love is, "Fafali" which means "there is peace".

The "Ewes" are a very powerful ethnic group from the Volta region of Ghana.

Do not fear the unknown, commit the future into the hands of the Almighty. He knows the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end. Now He is saying to you, "beloved, do not be afraid of your tomorrow, for I am already there".

In this passage, Christ encourages His followers to keep their "hearts" from fear and trouble. But what seems chiefly designed here, is peace with God, which Christ is the sole proprietorship and author of.

Not knowing" brings its own kind of terror.

Experience is the best teacher. Coming in contact with what hat you have experienced and walkover is not as scary as what is unknown that will confront you. It is not that people fear to die, they haven't been dead before and don't know how it looks like or how it is for someone to die.

They don't have experience of death and cannot tell what will happen to them of where they are going or what is going to happen to them at their back when they die and leave their friends, families and loved ones behind. That is basically what every man is afraid of and wouldn't want to die.

Experience makes people less nervous to drive cars, fly in airplanes, endure thunderstorms, or receive medical injections. The experiences, themselves, don't change. What changes is the person's expectations—they know what is happening, and what will happen next. That brings confidence and greatly reduces fear. It brings peace.

The fear of the unknown and the uncertainties of the future or what will happen to us in the future can be really scary especially when we consider the events of happenings in our lives and countries. Far scarier when we consider the difficulties, hardships, disappointments and situations that confront us in the past, present and unknown.

The fear of losing our life or the life of a dear one, the fear of losing our livelihood or some kind of bad omen or calamity that might befall us.

The cares and uncertainties of this life and what may happen to us tomorrow is a horror movie for mankind. Not forgetting to mention, the fear of getting married, the fear of not yet married or not finding a suitable life partner, the fear of people mounting pressure on you and telling you that you are ageing and you need to conjure marriage from the sky at once by force or forget it and get expired.

Will I even conceive when I get married, the fear of going childless after marriage? Your mother in law and other folks mounting pressure on you to conceive after a couple of years in marriage and the fear of not being able to conceive and have your own--children in the future are just nightmares.

You are ageing, you need to find a partner and get married. Yes, I am ageing and the truth of the reality is, no man is approaching me for marriage. I am unable to find a suitable woman. Oh my God, will I ever get married and will I ever have my own--children? Will, I ever get someone to marry me or get married to because I am not getting any younger? I am ageing and I am getting weaker and weaker every day.

All my agemates are married and which younger generation will get married to me when the age intervals between us are just huge? I need to get married to an older man but definitely--not my father's age or twice my father's age because a man younger than me is a no-no-no for me. Will I get someone of my dream to start my own--family with?

Will I ever pass my exams? Will I ever get a school and a job? Will business work? I'm so scared to start this business, I am so scared to invest into this business or embark on this venture.

This dream is beyond me. I am do scared of the report from my doctor. Will I ever be well again or remain with this sickness for the rest of my life? Shall I die and leave my children? Who will take care of them in case I am no more?