Good Morning,
The cup in front of me is filled with Door County Naughty And Nice Grog Coffee and it is time to write.
Psalm 139:23-24 Search me God, and know my heart. Test me and know my thoughts. See if there be any wicked way within me and lead me in the way everlasting.
The evening news was spattered with a little hope out of Europe that there might be some peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in the near future. This war has gone on for too long and even the rumor of peace talks is appealing to me. I have been praying since day one for this war to cease and will continue to do so long after it has ended.
There will be a lot of issues at hand and none will be ironed out until there is a true desire for peace.
Friends we too have relationships that are at times bumpy to say the least and we all know people that can gather peacefully for a day or two or for a few hours. But yet there is the probable possibility that one small thing will cause the two parties to fall off of the peace wagon and go waring after each other. This type of tension is worse than the all out battles. Sleep is deprived. Nerves are shattered, and behavior is erratic and unpredictable within the two battling parties as well as those around the combatants.
These relationships will go on in an unrepaired manner and be volatile until both parties truly desire peace within and transfer that desire to those others involved in the turmoil. This might require a behavior change or twenty by both parties. But if a true desire for peace is wanted, the involved parties will look within first, before pointing out behavioral changes needed with their opponents. This step is huge and yet is the most important step in seeking peace in a relationship. The question is this. What part of the problem are you?
Don't let the New Year begin without seeking peace for these personal wars within your lives. We used to sing a song in church that had this one refrain. "Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me."
Ask God to show you the wicked within you and then ask Him to help remove it from your existence. Then you will have made that first big step in seeking restoration.
Let it begin with you,
Marty
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