Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

Shalom!  Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace.  Shalom is used as a word of greeting and farewell.  Shalom is not only about peace, it is about a healing wholeness, completeness and well-being.  The peace of shalom is not limited to the political domain and it is not a peace that is just about the absence of war.  It is not limited to the social domain and is not only about the absence of quarrel and strife.  Shalom is about a peace that covers many contexts and includes this cosmic principle – the manifestation of divine grace.  Shalom is the blessing of well-being and wholeness God desires for all people.  Shalom is all about God’s dream for this broken world.  As I have been thinking not only upon the experience of our mission trip, but also current events in our present culture and all that is happening around the world, I am again reminded of how desperately this world needs to hear of God’s healing grace, God’s healing love, God’s healing peace, and God’s healing message of shalom.  Healing was a major f