i am old enough that i remember the late 60’s and early 70’s. the vietnam war and the peace riot days. i always had problems with riots for peace, it just didn’t make sense to me. rioting for peace but then i guess going to war for peace doesn’t make sense either but we sometimes have to do it.
did you notice that rioting didn’t bring peace it just brought more rioting, more war, war here at home?
maybe you are looking for peace in your home. you as a father possibly have a lot of turmoil inside and all it takes is for your wife or one of your kids to say the wrong thing and you explode and then you are in the middle of a major dangerous storm and you wonder where did my peace go?
JESUS in HIS 7th beatitude says there's one thing you can always know when we're like our heavenly FATHER, matthew 5.9 (niv), blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of GOD. you are a son of GOD when you're a peacemaker.
it doesn't say, "happy are the peace lovers", everybody loves peace. or, "happy are the peaceable", those who never get disturbed by anything. it says, happy are those who make peace – who actively seek to resolve conflict.
i like how the message puts it, (ms), you're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. that's when you discover who you really are, and your place in GOD's family.
just a thought from the front porch…
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