Blessed #7: the peacemakers (Dawn Fuglestad, 2/21/10)

What does it mean exactly to be a peacemaker? It seems pretty simple at first…
we’ve got Jesus, the Prince of Peace himself, as our role model…the guy whose love
and compassion never ends, the guy who walked around saying “Peace be with
you.” It’s easy…that is until you run into our primary peacemaker saying other things
that aren’t so peaceful…things like “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to
the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10.34). Yikes! Today
we’ll be giving this some thought, and plunging into this together. Peace!