"Happy, the peace-makers, for they will be called children of God," Matthew 5:9.
Jesus' discussion continues to drill down into the human heart. Everybody knows kingdoms are about power and tactics and strategy and cunning and the like. But in Jesus' listing of qualifiers we keep hearing rumors of losers. No spirit. Mourners. Meek. Hungry. Merciful. Pure. And now, peacemakers! No wonder philosophers get sick and tired of Jesus' wimpy kingdom and call for a race of mighty super-men to take over the place ... who will tremble in poopy drawers at God's Doomsday accounting. His children prep for an eternal sky kingdom. Not for a transient earth kingdom. Peacemakers.
With a brother or sister today, we receive God's peacemaking offer in Jesus' cross. Peace with God, peace with each other. And, together, we give thanks! Blessing.
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