Peace be with you

The feeling of peace can be so illusive. In a world that seems to demand busyness, to find a moment to even look for peace is a struggle. I am sure that you have heard the saying, 'there is nothing more peaceful than a sleeping baby.' I think I have to disagree with this statement. Yes - a sleeping baby looks peaceful. But when I gaze upon a sleeping child I feel a myriad of things - panic, that she will awake to soon, pressure to race and do all the things I need to get done and was unable to do while the child was awake, frustration, because I want to take a nap too! I'm not sure that peace ever flits across my mind in those moments! Peace is a slippery emotion.
Every time we gather to celebrate the sacrament of Holy Communion, we begin the service with the same words, "Peace be with you," and the congregation responds, "and also with you." I'm an adult now, so I know that wishing and getting are two different things. But when it comes to peace, I pray that I will never stop wishing to find it, to revel in it, and to share it with others. So - peace be with you today, may peace be with me. May together we find the peace that comes with knowing that God is God.