God so Loved the world, when you accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, the hostility between you and God was done away with through Jesus Christ (Jam 4:4).
(Rom. 5:1) Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. The peace of God is now made available to us even in the darkest moments of life.
Duke University did a study on "Peace of Mind." Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are:
1. The absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge is a major factor in unhappiness.
2. Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation with old mistakes and failures you repented of leads to depression.
3. Not wasting time and energy fighting conditions you cannot change. Cooperate with life, instead of trying to run away from it.
4. Force yourself to stay involved with the living world. Resist the temptation to withdraw and become reclusive during periods of emotional stress.
5. Refuse to indulge in self-pity when life hands you a raw deal. Accept the fact that nobody gets through life without some sorrow and misfortune.
6. Cultivate the virtues of humor, compassion, and loyalty.
7. Do not expect too much of yourself. When there is too wide a gap between self-expectation and your ability to meet the goals you have set, feelings of inadequacy are inevitable.
8. Find something bigger than yourself to believe in. Self-centered egotistical people score lowest in any test for measuring happiness.
The peace of God during these times is an anchor to our soul. – B Spada