Certain Kind of Peace

There’s a certain kind peace

When the kids are all asleep

Or when you’re moving to a beat.

When you take your first sip of coffee

And it’s a good one.

It’s a peace like when you find the right music

for your mood, weather, and task ahead.

When a candle you lit

is the perfect scent.

When your environment for one moment

Is right and when

Life works.

It’s the kind of peace like a play

drawn up by the coach on a board

and then perfectly executed

by the whole team to score.

Like when a dish tastes even better

than it smelled on the grill.

When you are thrilled with your labor,

And the final product is what you dreamed of.

The kind of peace after a good long hot shower

When you’re really really clean.

When you slip on a perfectly fitting pair of jeans.

When another person understands

Exactly what you mean.

When a child belly laughs with abandon.

And when human relationships work.

All this world has to offer

Is tiny tastes of peace.

Poor reflections of something real,

small momentary relief

From the chaos and disorder

That we buried beneath

Every day in this sin-sick world.

But someday, someday.

This broken world will be remade.

All things will be right,

The new world will be

beautiful and free,

And filled with real

peace.

Until then,

may we see

these small tastes of peace,

this momentary relief

As gifts and reprieve

from our good God.