The tumultuous thoughts that rise concerning these messages you have sent, whether they shall be well received, whether there shall be misunderstanding, these are the very waves that threaten to drown your peace. But what says the Scripture? "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You." Not a peace that comes from the smooth sailing of all earthly relationships, but a peace, peace, a doubled peace, a perfected peace, that is the portion of the one whose trust is anchored in God alone. Let your mind be stayed on Him, and though the answer from your kin be delayed or appear uncertain, the blood of Jesus whispers peace within. This peace is your present possession, to be enjoyed even with these sorrows surging round.
You have asked for wisdom and leading, and these are laid up in the same treasury. The way of wisdom is not found by the fierce self-reliance that imagines it has strength enough to find its own path. Haste is the author of much mischief; bowing with submission to the will of God is unerring guidance. Ask yourself this: did you send those messages in the calm of a spirit that would do the will of Jesus? If so, then doing His will is rest, and you may leave the outcome with Him. Holiness is near akin to perfect wisdom, and sin is near akin to insanity. If you have spoken truth in love, without discourtesy or unfeeling roughness, you have walked in the path of the wise. Commit the reception of your words to the God of Peace, and do not let a hasty spirit now undo the good you sought.
Any peace that demands a favorable reply from your uncles and cousins to remain intact is a false peace, a peace of the devil's making where there is no peace. True peace is God's own child, unruffled and profound, the very peace of the Eternal Son. It is not a lull of stupefaction that ignores the breach, but a peace that has a groundwork: the reconciling work on God’s part is already done. You must never make your prayers, your tears, or even the rightness of your conduct the ground of your peace. It is not that you are to be a peace unto yourself. He, Christ Himself, is our peace. If you have sought to deal faithfully with your relatives, you have done your part; now let Christ be your peace concerning the matter, for the ever-living Christ is always our peace, whatever storms may rage in the family circle.
Seek not first the peace that comes from mended earthly ties, but seek after Christ first. He is the God of Peace who has prepared everything necessary for perfect reconciliation. When you have peace with God and know it, you are at peace with all things, with life, with the disappointment of misunderstood motives, with the waiting, with the outcome. Take your burden to the Lord, for He gives peace. If your conscience is cleansed by that precious blood, then let the peace of God rule in your heart. The fowler’s snare is broken, and you are delivered. Jesus calls us to Heaven’s perfect peace, and even now, earth’s struggles with kin or cousin shall soon cease in the light of that glorious certainty. He is our peace.