Pray 4 Peace

Today Malcolm, a blogger in England posted this picture and a prayer I felt led to share.

It’s been said, “A picture is worth 1,000 words.”. . . this picture would fill a dictionary. I can’t help but think it’s what Jesus meant regarding Love when He said “…Love your neighbor as yourself…”, and when before a crowd He took a child in His arms and spoke these 20 powerful words . . .

 “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become as little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:3

At home and abroad we’ve become a tragically divided society . . . a world-at-war whose differences have created chaos our children must now contend with.

I’m no stranger to hatred, prejudice, and condemnation. Neither am I one who readily dons rose colored glasses and is unrealistically pollyannish. However, I do believe, and have personally experienced time and time again that . . . Prayer Does Change Things!

My heart’s prayer for myself and others is that we would surrender our easily justified, emotionally charged, destructive prejudices and pursue the difficult, unbiased, healing discernment of a child’s love . . . the same forbearing love Jesus demonstrated on a cross 2,000 years ago for each one of us imperfect 8+ billion unique creations who share this planet.

I have no answers, only echo the prayer my friend Malcolm shared today . . .

“Pray not for Arab or Jew, for Palestinian or Israeli, but pray rather for ourselves, that we might not divide them in our prayers but keep them both together in our hearts.”

Please pray together with me.

Keep Looking Up . . . His Best is Yet to Come!