“Blessed Are The Peacemakers”

The Word of the Lord reminds us “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God”.

A shooting at a congressional baseball practice, the storming of the capital, an attempted murder plot against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the attack on Paul Pelosi. All infused in an atmosphere of election deniers and conspiracy theorist reminds us that in politics peacemakers are difficult to come by.   

Today, we vote, and the will of the people will be known.  But what about the peacemakers?  Will candidates who lose cry foul, without evidence to show that the election was stolen?

But what about the peacemakers? Will political operatives, cable news talking heads and desperate candidate whip up some of our fellow citizens to violence? 

But what about the peacemakers? Will evangelical leaders refused to denounce speech and actions that are truly ungodly without any regard to doing what Jesus would do?

As many peacemakers that are missing in action there are peacemakers.  The peacemakers are the campaign volunteers who made phone calls, knocked on doors and stuffed envelopes.  The peacemakers are the candidates who ran for the school board, the water board, and the city council not for political glory but rather to be of service.  And the peacemakers are the poll workers, who checked you in, who worked the machines, who gave you a sticker and who counted the votes. They did so with no political agenda or expectation other than to see democracy alive and well in the land of free and the home of the brave. 

So, on this election day “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God”.

Click on this link to listen to Pastor’s Marben’s short devotional “Blessed Are The Peacemakers.”

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