While reading the below passage, I recalled a few instances when it was commented on the internal calm, joyful and unexplainable peace that is projected onto my face. At times, this same peace remains eminent despite of hardships. To state simply that the person of Christ, His residence and influence upon my life is the cause may seem obscure or irrelevant. On the contrary, the Apostle Paul from the book of Romans explains this in the most profound way. According to Jeff Lasseigne (2004), the theme of this book is “Salvation by Grace through Faith." On the second read, subsitute the word we with I (or Wael :)).
Romans 5: Peace and Joy
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10 For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Lasseigne, J. and Laurie, G. (2004). Highway 66: A Unique Journey Through the 66 Books of the Bible.
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