Perfect Peace

By Teena Daize

Oh for the peace…. The opening line of hymn 174 in the 2×2 hymnbook or Hymns Old and New. One of my favourites for 31 years. Today, for the first time in 2.5 years, I pulled the lyrics up on my phone.

Why? Because someone I used to be very close to has just come home from the first Ontario convention of the season and shared a post that says “I’m in love with this sentence: ‘Don’t let someone ruin your peace just because they can’t find theirs.’” In the comments, 2 other people I used to be very close to agreed wholeheartedly.

Read more on Substack: 
https://teenad72.substack.com/p/perfect-peace?r=35b8fa&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Posted: June 11, 2026