You have put more joy in my heart

than they have when

their grain and wine abound.

In peace

   I will both lie down and sleep,

for You alone, O LORD,

  make me dwell in safety.

                    Psalm 4. 7-8

(If I am always looking for

when life is good and easy,

    happy faces are all around me,

    the skies are blue,

    the prevailing breeze pleasant,

it is never enough,

there is always the deep desire

                for a little bit more.

But peace and joy

  are never dependent

            on outward circumstances,

    but on His Presence.

God makes what I have,

                    what I face,

         even what I lack,

               more than enough,

not just to fill my needs

          but to serve God and others.

Peace and joy

  are rare commodities in this world.

Live that way).