“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. Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe. (John 14:27-29)

Read: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:30, Philippians 4:1-23, Psalm 75:1-10, Proverbs 24:17-20

Relate: I was in my spot. We had a conversion van and when a good strong storm was brewing, I liked to climb up to the top and just lay there watching. As the lightning crashed down around me, as the thunder shook the roof of that van I was laying on, and as…