"We are far better at loving the idea of peace than at making peace within the realities of our lives." - Trevor Hudson
As soon as I saw the word "Peacemaker" I knew You, Lord, were calling me out of my comfort zone. These days, with our president in a war in Iran, I find the "Perfect Storm" of contradiction in my head. From my early days, with the Vietnam War, I saw the need for peacemaking. I even worked in the Diocese of Rochester (NY, Episcopal) Regional Youth program counseling for conscientious objectors, participating in NARMIC meetings in our town (Resisting the Vietnam War | American Friends Service Committee), and working to develop a life to resist the associated calls to power and violence as I grew up.
As my adulthood blossomed I took on a life of problem "solving" and problem "fixing", proclaiming my solution, finding there were times I agreed with power, imposing solutions as often as I tried to follow the call of peacemaking.
Yet here You are in my life, calling me forward, reminding me that I am still a Peacemaker.
Dear Lord: Help me. Help me to continue the peacemaking from my youth, to live and work peacemaking in my prayers, my actions, and in what I believe in my inmost heart.
(Triggered by Day 15 "Peacemaker", from 40 Words for 40 Days, Pauses for Lent, Trevor Hudson, Copyright 2015 by Trevor Hudson, Upper Room Books)
