{"id":21862,"date":"2025-03-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=21862"},"modified":"2025-03-28T07:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T12:32:14","slug":"nestled-in-loving-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=21862","title":{"rendered":"Nestled in Loving Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At my beauty shop a few days ago — I saw something that wrapped me in peace before I even had time to name it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There I was, getting my hair cut — snip, snip — when I caught sight of another stylist two chairs down. Nothing out of the ordinary, until I saw who else was with her. A tiny baby girl, snuggled right up against her mama in a soft sling carrier, pressed close and still as could be. Not a peep. No fuss. Just peace. (Pictured here!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That little one wasn\u2019t worried about the scissors or the blow dryer or the conversations swirling around her. She was tucked in, safe and secure. Her mother worked with both hands, but her heart and body were holding her baby close. And that baby knew it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I couldn\u2019t help but think of Psalm 131:2: “Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a picture that is! One of trust, stillness, and surrender. A child who knows he or she is held doesn\u2019t need to understand all the noise and movement around theym — they just need to know they’re loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what God offers us every day \u2013 if only we would nestle into His loving embrace and let the One Who is in control — take care of the stuff coming at us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s plenty that\u2019s too big for me — the state of the world, the future, the unknowns I can\u2019t seem to fix. But here\u2019s the beauty — He never asked me to carry it. He\u2019s the Parent. The Everlasting Arms. The One who says, \u201cCome here, little one. I\u2019ve got you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so, today, won\u2019t you join me in nestling in with our awesome and loving Father? Let\u2019s give all the gnarly stuff to the One Who really is in control \u2013 and let Him run the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s nestle into His will, not wrestle with it. Let\u2019s hand over the heavy stuff to Him. Let\u2019s lean in and rest like that peaceful baby girl, safe in the arms of love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where I\u2019m living \u2013 nestled \u2013 and oh how sweet it is!
How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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