Where Peaceful Waters Flow is filled with God's loving words to us. It is written as if you are spending time at the Master's feet and He's ministering to you with refreshing words of comfort to feed your weary and wounded soul. Words which will restore and revive you to change your mourning into gladness, and your darkness into day. This devotional can be used during your quiet with the Lord as you sit with Him each day. Make it your special time with the Lord where you shut out everything and everyone just so you can be in His presence. As you allow the Lord to come into your quiet conversation each and every day your relationship with Him will grow stronger and stronger. When you do this you will find yourself handling things easier, because you've spent time with Him first. You've given Him the "first fruit" of your day. You see with the Lord it's not always about the money; it's about honoring God with your very best. Honoring the Lord with the best you have to offer will enrich your life in a way in which you've never known. You will find yourself better prepared to handle any situation and circumstance that come your way because you have come to Him first. **************************************** UPDATED TO INCLUDE EXCERPT OF SOON TO BE RELEASED BOOK "THE STORM WILL PASS, DON'T JUMP SHIP." INSPIRATIONAL STORIES TO KEEP YOU ENCOURAGED AS YOU WALK THROUGH THE STORMS OF LIFE.

In about 679, Bede, a boy of seven, was presented by his family as an oblate to the monastery of Wearmouth, Northumbria. He spent the rest of his life as a monk, first at Wearmouth, and later at Jarrow, five miles away. Using the monastic library he became 'the most learned man in Western Europe', and one of the most influential on future generations. He read, and wrote, in a wide variety of fields--natural science, mathematics, and astronomy, grammar, rhetoric, geography, history, hagiography, theology, and above all interpretation of Holy Scripture. Bede combined his great learning with sanctity and a personal charm which still shines through his writings. His command of the Fathers of the Church and profane knowledge belie the name commonly given his age; despite invasions, privations, and limitations, Bede demonstrates that one corner of the European north was far from dark.