Blessed Are The Peacemakers:

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they 

shall be called the children of God.

                                   Matthew 5:9

i ask myself, " am i a peacemaker?"  i have been thinking about that all morning.  

i also ask myself, "in what ways or what forms do we make peace?"   "have i done everything that i possibly could to make peace with others?"  and most important that i ask myself , "have i made peace with myself?" 

i always find that unless i make peace with myself, i will never be able to make peace with others.  sometimes, we start making peace with others even though we are not ready because they are ready.  i do believe that is okay also.  

we do not always have to be the first one to throw the olive branch.   sometimes it is gently handed over to us.  other times it is thrown at us with such force that it throws us off guard. 

Lord, help me be ready always to make peace.  let my heart be able to see it, feel it, recognize it, let my heart know peace when it is there. if by some chance i come across the path of peace and i am not ready for it, please let me recognize it and be able to join in and walk in the path of peace.  sometimes by walking the path of peace and recognizing it from the outside first, our heart finally  feel and truly allow the peace inside.  may i find examples of peace to learn from when i can not see or feel it.  may i be an example of peace for others to learn from when they can not see or feel it.  for we are all in this together.  Amen