The request for peace for this older couple is heard, and it is right to seek it from the hand of Him who alone can give it. True peace is not a mere quieting of circumstances; it is a gift from God, purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ. "He is our peace," and there is no solid ground for it apart from Him. When sorrows surge and sickness casts its long shadow, the soul must be stayed upon the Lord to know that peace which passes all understanding. It is not a peace found in the absence of trouble, but a deep, still stream flowing from the throne of grace into the heart that trusts.
Human strength, whether of body or mind, will fail in due time. We are not made to bear these heavy burdens in our own power. When the leap is too wide, we must draw back, breathe a prayer, and ask for strength. The Lord gives power to the faint, and to them that have no might He increases strength. This strength is not gradually earned but freely given as we wait upon Him. Fling yourself and this couple upon the Divine strength, for when there remains no strength in you, then it is that God declares, "I will strengthen them." Let them, and let you who pray, look not to temporary relief but to the endless supply that is in Christ Jesus.
Do not seek peace as a thing apart from Christ. Some cry "Peace, peace," when there is no peace, because they have not first sought the Giver. The blood of Jesus whispers peace within, even in the midnight of this world of care. For this husband and wife, the call is to do the will of Jesus and find rest there. Bear the sorrow with Him, and then see what peace, what perfect peace, may be enjoyed even with sorrows surging round. The ground of peace is never in our own prayers or tears, but in the Person and work of the Redeemer. He has vanquished death and all its powers, and He calls His own, even through the valley, to Heaven's perfect peace.