Broken

"You may have peace in me; in the world you will have troubles," John 16:33.

Jesus' words work so that people may have peace, though the world guarantees troubles; these blame those for all troubles, then those blame these for the same - this generation fights that generation, then that generation fights this generation; but Jesus' directive has his people pursue peace with everybody (and its associated holiness) so that we can see the Lord; indeed, Christ's peace must control, yes, rule our hearts, seeing that he called us to it when we became one in his body; by doing peace, his people sow peace, which then grows a harvest of very good stuff; right, just like Cornelius, then a man of war, now a follower of Jesus, becomes a man of peace, the very first gentile known to follow Christ. Sky kingdom. Not earth kingdom. Sky values.

Today, with a brother or sister, we do Jesus' peace in this broken, broken world. Together, we pursue holiness. And, together, we become thankful. Blessed.