When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981, American peace activist)
Romans 12:18-21
If possible, on your part, live at peace with everyone. Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord. 20 But, If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head. Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good. (HCSB)
Is your life open to possibilities? Some live in such a way as to not have those doors available to others, instead they seem to feed on differences, and highlight those differences and use them to put up walls around themselves. If we all took personal responsibility for peace, the church, and the world, would be a better place.
You cannot control the actions and feelings of others, but if you will control your actions and feelings, you will be surprised at the effect it can have on those around you daily. In Hebrews 12:15, Paul gives us this instruction; “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
The problem with anger is that it spreads quickly, and if when offended we offend, things will quickly get out of control. Peace is clean and pure, and peaceable, but when it is defiled, it is replaced with a bitterness that removes all future peace. Peace is placed squarely on the shoulders of us all, and we must all take personal, the task of peace in our lives, and in the lives of others…God’s Blessing’s.
Pastor William
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981, American peace activist)
Romans 12:18-21
If possible, on your part, live at peace with everyone. Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for His wrath. For it is written: Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay, says the Lord. 20 But, If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head. Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good. (HCSB)
Is your life open to possibilities? Some live in such a way as to not have those doors available to others, instead they seem to feed on differences, and highlight those differences and use them to put up walls around themselves. If we all took personal responsibility for peace, the church, and the world, would be a better place.
You cannot control the actions and feelings of others, but if you will control your actions and feelings, you will be surprised at the effect it can have on those around you daily. In Hebrews 12:15, Paul gives us this instruction; “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.
The problem with anger is that it spreads quickly, and if when offended we offend, things will quickly get out of control. Peace is clean and pure, and peaceable, but when it is defiled, it is replaced with a bitterness that removes all future peace. Peace is placed squarely on the shoulders of us all, and we must all take personal, the task of peace in our lives, and in the lives of others…God’s Blessing’s.
Pastor William
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A weekend celebration of “Peace through Art and Music”, in honor of what would have been Peace Pilgrim's 101st. Birthday will be held in her home town of Egg Harbor, New Jersey on July 17-19, 2009. The events will include, within others, a concert with folksinger Jody Kessler, a two-mile inter-generational Walk for Peace and historical tour to Peace Pilgrim's childhood home, hosted by Peace Pilgrim's sister Helene Young, and an old-fashioned pot-luck community picnic. We invite you to be with us as we celebrate Peace Pilgrim and how the pilgrimage continues.
More information at: http://www.peacepilgrim100.org/
Mayte Picco-Kline, Friends of Peace Pilgrim Board Member
Author of Wholeness in Living
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