My heart is broken over Ukraine 🇺🇦 grateful for Americans response - but please don’t forget those suffering from large militaries & leaders that make their lives difficult #AllOverTheWorld for people in Sudan Yemen Ethiopia Afghanistan Iran Palestine China . . . The list goes on
It may be true that there is more peace in the world than ever before but it is also true that there are more people on the globe than ever and they suffer all over the world
Many of their conflicts have gone on for so long we forget & ignore them - but we must not - they are human beings created in the image of God but tormented by despotic leaders & their henchman
As Jesus followers the more passionate we are about the Great Commission the more passionate we must be about peacemaking - there must be a qualitative value we bring to the world that causes it to take notice
We reflect the image of God most when our love of God & others causes us to crawl down into dark & dangerous places to be a blessing to all - this is the cross
To put myself or my nation first living inside my own little bubble is impossible as a Kingdom citizen & is a rejection of the cross & a Kingdom that transcends this earth
Apart from all the Jesus modeling, commands & the Bible - we live in an interconnected world - if we tried to disconnect we would find out real fast how much we need one another in this world
Peacemaking must be glocal - there & here within our nation be it race, refugees, immigrants, poverty - peacemaking isn’t merely the absence of armed conflict but the healing of the brokenness in our own communities & the provision of opportunity all
I long for a different America than the polarized angry place we have become-if we Christians wouldn’t just pray for revival but live the transformed life things would be different-we should be far more worried about the condition of the church & believers than political parties
Jesus followers following Jesus should model a different character, kingdom, & hope - what a moment for the church to stand up & lead - not bully or cancel
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