The Peace of Christ

In a recent training on Stress Management, the conversation turned to different types of stress upon an individual. Among this were physical, emotional, and Spiritual.
Of course, the idea of Spiritual stress interested me, and as we talked, I realized that the comments aimed at describing spiritual stress as some form of imbalance or disharmony in their being, and I realized that these people were trying to describe peace, or more accurately, the lack of peace.
Since I was not the trainer, I didn't have the chance to expand on the only way to find peace: repent and turn to Christ for forgiveness.
There is a family in our church that is facing a difficult trial that involves false charges of child endangerment. Now, I know this family to be very diligent about watching their children, and other member of the church have told me the same thing and encouraged this family to trust God to work out all these things for their good.
Even so, the father has expressed his struggle with fear and anxiety, even when he knows that God is their advocate, and he has found encouragement in Paul's words from Philippians 4, "5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. "
Praise God for His Peace, and may we have opportunity to communicate the peace of Christ to all those around us in word and in deed.