Shalom

There it's no human effort that is free of the fall. There is no drug without a side effect. There is no warmth without a burn. There is no increase in yield that does not produce a greater pest. Shalom is the freedom from consequence. And that freedom comes when every decision we make, every thought is the same one that God would make. The possibility for this increases in our proximity to Jesus. Yet even in our best moments we can't quite get close. But someday He will be our only thought.