They dress the wound of
my people
as though it were not serious.
‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:14
We
Christians have a tendency to deny how painful our lives sometimes are,
believing that God 'must' make them better, and so failing to acknowledge the
serious nature of our wounds. Equally, we are certain that Christ meant it when
He wished peace to his followers, so we do not accept that some of us live
without peace. God gave His son because He knew our wounds were serious,
Jesus died on the cross to create real and living peace for us: so let us ask
ourselves today, what are our wounds? Do I acknowledge the serious nature of people’s
wounds (including my own)? Do I believe and support Christians when their lives
are without peace?
Ann
Milton
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