Today’s quote is from Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, and the part where He lists all the ‘Blessed are the …’ The one that fits with our theme right now is:
Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called children of God.
NT Wrights version says, ‘Wonderful news for the peacemakers! You’ll be called God’s children.
I love NT Wrights version of ‘Wonderful news.’ This is good news because Jesus is doing something different to how the world works. Jesus is establishing a kingdom where peacemakers are beloved children and that is really hopeful.
How do we make peace? I think we could start with treating everyone with kindness. Kindness will get us a long way down the road towards peace.
And so we pray:
Like we have prayed already, we say, Your kingdom come, Your will be done. We extend that to say, may the world start to look like you have intended it. May there be peacemakers on every corner, sharing kindness and expressing their belonging as Your children with generosity and love. Amen