go the way of peace

As of late, there is something I've been going through that has kept me from writing. I haven't written during this, because I didn't want to get away too far from the peace theme. But I am now starting to think that what I'm going through is part of the peace theme--because it's my peace journey. On this peace journey, I have found that it's not always easy to live in peace. What happens when a situation arises that is in conflict with your beliefs? What happens when resolving that situation will cause a conflict no matter how you decide to resolve it?

My husband has always said that when making a decision, you should "go the way of peace." This has always made sense to me, despite the fact that it comes from someone who is a notoriously bad decision-maker (not that he makes bad decisions--he just has a hard time making any decision, whether it be a good one or a bad one). So, I've looked at my situation, trying to find whether this decision or that decision might be "the way of peace," and no matter how I look at it, I realize that there is no clear way of peace in this situation. I suppose then, that the only thing I can do, is to make a decision, and then rely on God to bring the peace in the end. I presume this is where faith comes in.

This is scarey.

So, I just wanted to give an update on where I am in this peace journey. And this is where I am--it's a crossroads. I've been traveling a single path, going forward until suddenly I've reached this crossroad. And this just occurred to me: since being on this peace journey, I have learned that Jesus' peace exists in places and in ways that I never would have expected--he exists in and out of my religious box. So maybe the divergent paths shouldn't be so scarey after all, if I just remember what I have learned on this journey.