In January of this year, our daughter Katy suddenly went home to Heaven. I have described that moment in another blog, but as the year has progressed I have learned more from it.

The most difficult thing to communicate about the moment was a suddenly, a flash when, even though Katy had passed before we entered her room, it seemed I was actually there as she exhaled her last breath here and then I got to participate with her as she inhaled her first breath there. And I too breathed in the dewy breath of Heaven with her.

Often, in your walk with the Lord, you don’t see ahead of time that He is preparing you with a strength you will need later. This year, that strength has been intimacy with the Lion of Judah. It is something He began with me years ago, but this year it has been a requirement and a fortification enabling me to walk in great peace and even rejoicing. Allowing me to stand in strength on days that it was harder.

For years now, I have learned my role as cherished daughter/bride as I spend moments of my day with my forehead and nose pressed to the forehead and nose of Jesus.

With Katy, there were many moments of our day when she would need that moment of intimacy with me and come near to press our faces together. In the same way, there are many moments of the day when I stop to press my face to His face and receive strength.

At any time I can stop and feel the warmth of His skin on my skin. I can see the swirls of color in His eyes. I feel His breath on my face. Literally, I am exchanging breath with Him. I have become familiar with His fragrance.

In her life, Katy taught me how to be friends with Jesus on a different level. In her passing on to Heaven, I have been fed by the roots that were deeper than I realized.

In the world today, much chaos is on offer. True peace is the Shalom of God that brings perfect order to chaos. There is only one sure way to true peace. That is to intimately know the One who IS Peace.

Spend time pressing your forehead to His forehead and your nose to His nose. Breathe His breath and be restored to Peace.

He is Mercy. He is Peace. He is Love. He came from Heaven and became a human so that you can feel the warmth of His skin on your skin. Breathe in His moist breath. See true and lasting love for you in His eyes. Rest your head on the chest of the Prince of Peace on a regular basis and you will become peace.