Journaling is one activity to help someone do an exploration of what one thinks. It helps to clarify one's thoughts, beliefs, and decision-making and can assist one to arrive at a conclusion. Below is one way to journal.
Lesson on How to do a Journaling Activity using Peace and Security. (5/10/22)
What is it that you need? Is it the same thing as your want? Are your needs merely something that you want or are your needs necessary for survival? Are your needs permanent? Do you think that over time the Needs and Wants that you have will change? When you don’t have what you need, how do you feel? How do you remedy the lack of something you need? What do you do in order to satisfy an unmet need?
What is Peace? Is it a state of being? Is Peace provided for you? How do you obtain peace? Do you obtain peace from something that is of a material nature? Do you obtain peace from something external? Do you obtain peace from understanding or from coming to know something? Is peace tangible or intangible? When one desires peace we can assume that they are anxious or without peace. Can you touch it or is it “untouchable?”
Security is another word that we are familiar with. Is it a state of being? Can you touch it or is it “untouchable?” Is Security provided for you? Is security something that is of a material nature? Do you find your security in something external? Again, what is security? Obviously when one desires security, then we can assume that they are lacking in it. They are said to be “insecure.” Do you gain security from knowing you are safe? When you step on the brake of your car, do you feel secure in the ability of the brakes to stop you? How did you arrive at that conclusion? Was it because you tested your brakes before you left a parking lot or a driveway? Is security found after you have arrived at a conclusion? Does your sense of security come and go or is it constant? What do you base your security on?
Were you born feeling peaceful? Were you born feeling secure? Did you find peace or security somewhere along the way? Do these states of being come and go? So, would you say that your peace and safety depend on the situation you find yourself in? Was it thrust upon you without your approval or consideration? Did you seek it out? Have you obtained it? I could ask you, what is it that causes you or keeps you feeling Peaceful or Secure. Are these momentary episodes or is it long-lasting? What are these words? What do these words mean to you? How do you describe these words: “Peace and Security?”
First, let's look at the world’s synonyms for the word Peace: ACCORD, AMITY, CONCORD, HARMONY, CALM, QUIET, SERENITY, TRANQUILITY, ORDER,
STABILITY, PACIFICATION
Now, let's look at the world’s definition of peace in Webster’s dictionary:
1: a state of tranquility or quiet: such as
a: freedom from civil disturbance
Peace and order were finally restored in the town.
b: a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom
a breach of the peace
2: freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions
I have been in perfect peace and contentment
— J. H. Newman
3: harmony in personal relations
The sisters are at peace with each other.
4a: a state or period of mutual concord between governments
There was a peace of 50 years before war broke out again.
b: a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a state of enmity
offered the possibility of a negotiated peace
— New York Times
5—used interjectionally to ask for silence or calm or as a greeting or farewell
at peace
: in a state of concord or tranquility
The problem was settled and his mind was at peace.
obsolete: to be, become, or keep silent or quiet
Let us now go to our Bibles and see what God’s word says about Peace. Let us see how God describes His peace He gives to us. Compare your answers to what God tells you about His Peace.
Next lets us see what the world’s synonyms are for the word “Security.”
aegis (also egis), ammunition, armor, buckler, cover, defense, guard, protection, safeguard, screen, shield, wall, ward —And: Words Related to security: arm, armament, munitions, weapon, weaponry, fastness, fort, fortress, palisade, stronghold
Now, let's look at the world’s definition of security in Webster’s dictionary:
1: the quality or state of being secure: such as a: freedom from danger: SAFETY b: freedom from fear or anxiety;c: freedom from the prospect of being laid off; job security;2a: something given, deposited, or pledged to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation;b: SURETY; 3: an instrument of investment in the form of a document (such as a stock certificate or bond) providing evidence of its ownership;4a: something that secures: PROTECTION; b(1): measures taken to guard against espionage or sabotage, crime, attack, or escape; (2): an organization or department whose task is security
Let us now go to our Bibles and see what God’s word says about Security. Let us see how God describes the security that He gives to us. Compare your answers to what God tells you about His security.