12 February, 2024

The Peacemaker

http://media2.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/missionjournals/hm/hm_1972_12.pdf

Peace has one thing in common with its enemy, with the fiend it battles, with war.

Peace is active, not passive.
Peace is doing, not waiting.
Peace is aggressive—attacking.
Peace plans its strategy and encircles the enemy.
Peace marshals its forces and storms the gates.
Peace gathers its weapons and pierces the defense.

Peace, like war, is waged.

The weapons of peace are love, joy, goodness. longsuffering
The arms of peace are justice, truth, patience, prayer.
The strategy of peace brings safety, welfare. happiness
The forces of peace are the children of God. 
Yes. Christ has turned it all around: I am to love my enemy