The Church At Brierfield

“The fruit of the Spirit is … peace.”  (Gal. 5:22)

Peace is a sense of calm, rest, contentment, and quietness.  It is also a lack of inner turmoil, fear, worry or anxiety.

Horatio Spafford knew the fruit of peace well in his lifetime.  After being financially ruined by the great Chi­ca­go Fire of 1871 and losing his four daughters to a ship wreck in 1873 he wrote these words.

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

The peace Horatio knew came from Jesus through the Holy Spirit.  Shortly before He was crucified, Jesus calmed the disciples with these words.

I am leaving you with a gift–peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid.  (John 14:27)