Kept in Peace

by Jennifer Greene-Sullivan

Since Mother’s Day, my heart has been in a place I am still learning how to name and to navigate. It has felt full and heavy at the same time. I have watched my daughter step into her calling with confidence and boldness while quietly carrying an ache in my own life that has not resolved. Joy and tension have been walking side by side.

I am learning that peace is not found in the absence of either. Peace is found where my mind rests, and that truth has not come easily. However, it has come steadily. Peace is something I am practicing, not just understanding.

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you” (Isaiah 26:3, ESV).

I have been sitting with that verse in a different way. I am not just reading it, but I am holding it throughout my day. I have written it, painted it, and prayed it as I try to understand what it means to be kept in peace when everything around me does not feel settled.

At The Ramp last week, I made a decision before worship ever began. I chose to lay down my questions, my concerns, and my distractions, and I chose to worship the Lord with my whole heart, regardless of what I was carrying.

The Lord met me there in ways I did not expect, and He met me in healing when pain I had carried in my body quietly released during worship. He met me in revelation when He allowed me to see His Spirit moving in a way I cannot fully explain, and He met me in the stillness that followed, reminding me that His presence is not dependent on my circumstances.

When I returned home, I stepped back into the same places that still need His touch. Those same places must be where I begin to understand the difference between peace and resolution. Resolution fixes what is broken, but peace holds you while it is still being worked out. I am learning that I do not have to wait for everything to be resolved to be kept in peace.

I am still walking through tension in my marriage, and I am still learning how to navigate what feels empty while continuing to pray for what could be restored. There are moments when I feel the weight of that more than I want to admit. Yet, I am no longer looking to those places to determine whether I have peace.

I know where my mind is staying, and I know Who is holding it. That truth has become an anchor for me in a season that feels uncertain.

There is a quiet strength that comes from resting in the Lord when life does not feel steady. It does not ignore what is broken, but it refuses to let what is broken become the source of stability. That shift has changed how I move through each day.

I am learning to stay my mind on Him and to trust Him with what I cannot fix. I am choosing to praise Him even in my “now,” not because everything is right, but because He is. In that choice, something steady is forming in me.

He is keeping me in peace.

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💛 Peace is not found in a perfect life. It is found in a stayed mind.

Prayer

Lord,

You see me fully in this season. You see the places that feel steady and the places that do not. You see the joy I carry and the tension I cannot seem to resolve. Teach me what it means to stay my mind on You. When my thoughts begin to wander toward fear, frustration, or uncertainty, gently draw me back to Your presence. Remind me that peace is not something I create, but something You keep.

Help me to trust You with what I cannot fix. Strengthen my heart to continue praising You, even when my circumstances feel unsettled. Guard my mind, steady my spirit, and anchor me in Your truth. Thank You for being constant when everything else feels uncertain. Thank You for holding me in a peace that does not depend on what I see, but on who You are.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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