Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Scripture: Matthew 5:9 (NRSVue)
Peacemakers not only mend fences, they tear down walls and build bridges. In fact, you’re a bridge when you’re a peacemaker. And what happens to bridges? They get walked on. People will malign you for walking across the aisle. For consorting with the wrong people. For putting country before party. For compromising. Being a traitor to your own. For following Christ. But it’s worth it to venture out of our boxes, pigeon holes, and echo chambers. There’s a cost to peace, a pain that comes with peace. The pain of apologizing. The pain of peeling layers of prejudice away. The pain of listening to very different points of view. The pain of being misunderstood. But it’s so worth it–it’s the blessed life. It’s what God does, what we do. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
March 27, 2022 – Online Service Bulletin and Bible Study
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Sermon Art: Peacemaker, Teresa Kogut
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