Father God, you keep urging me to be a peacemaker!!

If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. —Romans 12:18

We must control what we can control. We can’t control the attitudes of others, but we can control our response. Responding graciously in a peaceful manner will demonstrate the attitude of our Savior in a world filled with a growing belligerence. 

The world needs a peace that passes all misunderstanding. (see Philippians 4:6-7)

A nugget of courage: The Bible never teaches that we will have problem-free lives as followers of Christ. But the Bible does teach that we never will be alone. And because of that, we don't have to be afraid. 

A nugget of hope: In The Weight of Glory, C. S. Lewis tells the story of a woman who gave birth to a son while confined as a prisoner in a dungeon. Since the boy had never seen the outside world, his mother tried to describe it by making pencil drawings. Later when he and his mother were released from prison, the simple pencil sketches were replaced by the actual images of our beautiful world. <3“I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Rom. 8:18).