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我们全家离开密歇根州搬到加州的那一天将永远铭刻在我的记忆中。我们向朋友和一个深爱的社区告别，离开时眼里含着泪水。过渡是困难的。它给我们留下不安的感觉和对未来道路的不确定。它给我们留下了不安的心或任何印象，但绝不是平安。

当耶稣为祂的离开预备门徒时，祂应许他们会得到圣灵，并且祂有一天会回来。祂已经为接下来的事情为他们做好了准备。但我想，祂知道这种过渡对他们来说仍然是非常困难的。祂知道他们会对未来的事情有很多惧怕。所以祂给了他们这个平安的信息——说祂会将平安赐给他们。

过渡期只是在我们的生活中可能带来惧怕的一件事。对未来的惧怕和对未知的惧怕可能是非常强烈的。但是我们所有的惧怕都可以被主的平安所克服，祂每天都赐下平安给我们。

当你的生活充满了很多变化和未知时，请转向耶稣所应许的平安。祂所赐的平安可以带我们度过困难和惧怕的时期。

The day our family left Michigan to move to California will be forever etched in my memory. As we said goodbye to friends and a dearly loved community, we left with tears in our eyes. Transitions can be difficult. They leave us with unsettled feelings and uncertainty about the road ahead. They leave us with troubled hearts and almost anything but peace.

As Jesus prepared his disciples for his departure, he promised that they would receive the Holy Spirit and that he would come back one day. He had prepared them well for what was next. But I think he knew that this transition would still be very difficult for them. He knew they would have a lot of fear about what the future had in store. So he gave them this message of peace—saying that he would give them his peace.

Transitions are just one thing that can bring about fear in our lives. Fear of what lies ahead and fear of the unknown can be very strong. But all our fears can be overcome by the Lord’s peace, which he gives us each day.

When your life is filled with lots of changes and unknowns, turn to the peace that Jesus has promised. The peace that he has given can bring us through times of trouble and fear.