Keeping the Peace

So a few moments ago i posted that i was going to keep my Blog name Schmitty... and then i realized i needed to clarify that! i am keeping my Blog URL as "littlebitschmitt.blogspot.com" However, i have decided to change the title of my blog to Keeping God's Peace! and of course, there is a story behind this decision...


My life is spent with constant noise and movement. anyone who knows me and who especially knows Kel knows that we never stop, EVER! For my whole life people have been telling me i need to slow down and enjoy life, have some peace and quiet, find peace of mind. What people don't realize is that i have spent my whole life searching for peace, and it was not until Friday, Oct. 21st, 2011 that i found it and found out what "peace" meant.

Peace is not silence, it is not boredom! Peace is the simply ability to see that life is a part of God's plan, not yours and that everything that happens both good and bad is a part of that plan. there is a sign hanging in Kel and I's front bathroom that says "Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God." This is the truest thing i have ever read. I spent 22 years looking for an absence of conflict when that just leads to more stress. Life with peace means i will have bad and stressful days, it means i will have to work harder than the average person to maintain my peace, but it means i will live a fulfilled life plan because it will be a life of God's Plan not my own.

Life i said i discovered this on Oct. 21st, 2011. That was the day before i got married and i was  WRECK! i didn't have cold feet, but i did have anxiety that everything would go wrong and would be a wreck and that my wedding would be ruined. At one point that day BOTH my maid of honors (thank goodness i had 2) had to take me away from life and tell me to calm down. At this point i realized that it does not matter what goes wrong tomorrow, all that matters is that Kel and I are able to get married in the sacrament of Christ. I said a little prayer, and then i stopped and calmed myself so i could hear the answer to my prayer. What i got was a calm that for the first time ever in my life i was following God's plan perfectly. He had hand chosen Kel for me, He had hand chosen the day Oct. 22nd for me, and He had even chosen an almost Saint to guide and lead Kel and I's marriage for the rest of our life (Blessed Pope John Paul II). At this point i calmed down and let the peace settle over me. After that things went great.

The next days i was the calmest i had EVER been. My sisters and mom and Maid of Honors all commented on how calm i was considering it was my wedding day. I had no response because i knew that it was because i had finally accepted God's Peace, let it have a part in my life and knew i was living our God's plan for me by marrying the one God chose for me!

So now my blog's title will be "Keeping God's Peace" because my life is all about maintaining the Peace that God has given me. My marriage is blessed, by husband is a wonderful man of God and our little family is strong enough to survive everything with the help of God and the occasional (read constant) intercession of JP2 (who is best known for his teachings on Family Life and Marriage Responsibility!)