peace in the midst of the hectic pace of life cannot happen unless you open your life to CHRIST and invite HIS peace in. many of you have made that decision at some point in your life. so my question to you is, what do you want to be remembered for? what do you want people to write on your tombstone? peacemaker? or troublemaker? what do you have a reputation for at work, peacemaker or troublemaker?
st. francis of assisi used to pray "LORD, make me an instrument of THY peace." that's a great prayer to pray. wherever there is hostilities, let me bring peace. let me do the thing that is the most CHRIST like thing i could do, bring people together. bring harmony where there is disharmony, restitution where there is conflict.
every time you go out and win somebody to CHRIST, every time you tell somebody about the LORD you're being a peacemaker. every time you tell that friend next door or somebody at work, "JESUS loves you and HE wants to make a difference in your life and HE has a purpose for you and HE wants to forgive every sin you've ever done wrong and give you a real meaningful life" and you introduce them to CHRIST, you're being a peacemaker.
happy are the peacemakers. why? first, they're at peace with themselves. second, they will be rewarded for it by GOD.
just a thought from the front porch…
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