I was sitting in an airport waiting for my flight. I had been reading the familiar verse in John 14 , “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give you. Not as the world gives, give I unto you.” John 14:27)
“Can I leave peace with someone?” I asked Him. And suddenly my heart was overwhelmed with His peace and joy. Yes! I could leave, impart, release His peace into the atmosphere of wherever I go.
When the gate attendent announced it was time to board, I stood up and looked down at my chair. I silently prayed, “I leave Your peace on this chair. Lord, I ask that whoever sits in this chair next will be overcome by Your peace and love. ” As I joied the queue at the gate, I contiinued to silently pray for the next person who would sit where I had been.
This is powerful! We can leave His peace in restaurants, busses, trains, shops, everywhere we go that someone else will be there after we leave. Imagine if we all did this all the time. “Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me” (from the Prayer of St. Francis)