"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9
Here is where it gets tricky, because different people read peacemakers to mean very different things. Some people take it to mean world peace, i.e. the are against war. Others take it to mean that you shouldn't be hostile in your personal relationships. Personally I believe that it means both and, I say that we should oppose war in all its forms, personal, communal, corporately, worldwide.
Wherever you fall on the spectrum I believe the greater point is that should we seek peace in its various forms we will be children of God.
It's not comfort, or being filled. It's not getting mercy or inheriting the Earth. It's not even being in the kingdom or seeing God. It is becoming God's children. That seems like a reward worth receiving if you ask me.
So go and make peace and be peaceful.
+ How do you define peace?
+ How do you make (work for, fight for) peace?
+ What does being called a child of God mean to you?
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