Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
The words of our Lord as quoted from John 14:27.
What are the signs that a person is not yet living in peace? Here are some...
1. Fear--- A person with a bad relationship to God, to himself, to community and to loved ones is a person full of fright. he doesn't know if he will wake up again alive. Or he may have good relationships but without peace of the Lord he will not be able to trust life completely. He cannot sleep for fear that a thief may enter the house. Are you this kind of person? Somebody who is insecure with life? Then maybe the peace given by Christ is not yet in you.
2. Trouble --- A person who is always in trouble because of competition, fights, wars and misunderstandings is a person without peace. How can you have peace when it is impossible to live peacefully? A person in Christ is not anymore quarrelsome.
3. Anguish--- It is normal to experience loneliness and depressions once in a while. But if you are regularly living in grief, I think there is something wrong with the you. You may not be living in God's peaceful reign.
We can live in the Kingdom of God while still alive. Jesus said "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" and that means if you do the will of God who is in heaven, then you are living in the Kingdom of God. In the second reading from Revelations we see a New Jerusalem where Peace and Melodious living reigns because of Jesus. We need not wait for that to come because we can experience the Peace of Christ and the Kingdom of God here at this very minute. The First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles testifies to that when the apostles came up with a negotiable resolution by engaging in a peaceful yet extensive and delicate council meeting. The apostles exemplified a peaceful discourse about the case of uncircumcised gentiles. They came up with a solution and there were no mess at all. Tomorrow on election day, we can elect and form a new set of leaders in government without bloody and violent scenarios. We just have to live in the tranquility of Jesus not as the world gives peace but as Jesus gives peace.
What are the signs that we are in peace? Let's read John again,
"Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."
A person of peace has no fear, no trouble, no anguish. He lives in the same way as Christ would want him to be.
The words of our Lord as quoted from John 14:27.
What are the signs that a person is not yet living in peace? Here are some...
1. Fear--- A person with a bad relationship to God, to himself, to community and to loved ones is a person full of fright. he doesn't know if he will wake up again alive. Or he may have good relationships but without peace of the Lord he will not be able to trust life completely. He cannot sleep for fear that a thief may enter the house. Are you this kind of person? Somebody who is insecure with life? Then maybe the peace given by Christ is not yet in you.
2. Trouble --- A person who is always in trouble because of competition, fights, wars and misunderstandings is a person without peace. How can you have peace when it is impossible to live peacefully? A person in Christ is not anymore quarrelsome.
3. Anguish--- It is normal to experience loneliness and depressions once in a while. But if you are regularly living in grief, I think there is something wrong with the you. You may not be living in God's peaceful reign.
We can live in the Kingdom of God while still alive. Jesus said "Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" and that means if you do the will of God who is in heaven, then you are living in the Kingdom of God. In the second reading from Revelations we see a New Jerusalem where Peace and Melodious living reigns because of Jesus. We need not wait for that to come because we can experience the Peace of Christ and the Kingdom of God here at this very minute. The First Reading from the Acts of the Apostles testifies to that when the apostles came up with a negotiable resolution by engaging in a peaceful yet extensive and delicate council meeting. The apostles exemplified a peaceful discourse about the case of uncircumcised gentiles. They came up with a solution and there were no mess at all. Tomorrow on election day, we can elect and form a new set of leaders in government without bloody and violent scenarios. We just have to live in the tranquility of Jesus not as the world gives peace but as Jesus gives peace.
What are the signs that we are in peace? Let's read John again,
"Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."
A person of peace has no fear, no trouble, no anguish. He lives in the same way as Christ would want him to be.
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