PEACE, Peace, Peace!!! Wait, where did it go?

I have learned a more than valuable lesson on peace:

I was so caught up in God's peace that I didn't want to do anything to get out of it or mess it up. I didn't think about the big decisions that I soon had to make or the repercussions of those choices. I just wanted to stay in God's peace and not worry about them.

The only problem with that is exactly what I did---NOTHING!
I was so caught up in His peace that I didn't search for Him or spend as much time in His presence. I had one of the most precious gifts, PEACE, and I did nothing to try to keep it, literally.

How do we keep God's peace without God? We simply can't. Soon enough, the peace will be gone. Unless we continue to seek Him, we will lose it.

When God gives us what we need, how do we show appreciation? Either we get close to Him or farther away. If it's going to push us farther away, we are much better off without the gift and to just continue pursuing Him. Having what we need does not constitute to let God go. We tend to think we don't need Him anymore once we have what we need, whether consciously or not.

We should love Him enough to seek Him out in abundance and in lack thereof.