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War and Peace ...

Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Recently I visited the war museum in Tokoy, which shows artefacts from many hundred years of war in and around Japan and from the whole world. The museum is strongly debated with its way of presentation - but what ever you think about this, it is strongly moving to see these pieces which reflect many years of fighting and war!

War Museum …

Humans have always had their differences, their ideas of how things should be done. The human mind has a wide breadth of talents and abilities - and physical force is part of this. Where is a healthy attitide towards power and force? How mad are we sometimes as humans, when it comes to our ego and our meaning, when we try to give purpose to our life by being important and by having power and influence.

The New Testament takes up the search for power. It talks about the situation where physical force and war is popping up again and again on the human agenda. Let us read the following passage from the letter of Hebrews:

14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears. (from Hebrews 12)

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Peace with Everyone …

Strive for peace with everyone. The guidance of this letter is quite clear. We all know, that this is a difficult task sometimes, when differences are strong. We should discuss what it means to achieve this peace. We need to discuss how far we should go with giving in, and what our tools are not to give in at the wrong place.

When it comes to peace, I believe we need the spirit of the Lord. We need a wisdom which is beyond human logic. We need more than just common sense - even though common sense is of much worth! We need the Holy Spirit to show us good ways, and to keep our own emotions in a balanced state. We need God himself, to be in our life, to guide our life, to be light and central source.

You cannot have peace with others, if you do not find peace with yourself. You cannot find peace with yourself without finding peace with the source and the goal, without the beginning and the end. In Christ Jesus, God offers peace to us. In his gospel, in the faith which opens the heart to the love and truth and mercy of the Lord. This is his invitation to us: Come to peace! (Roland Potthast) ... more texts