Evening: Psalm 136; Matthew 16:21-28
Some
good friends of Jesus are surprisingly preoccupied with “being saved.”
Jesus himself said: “those who want to save their life will lose it.”
Instead, lose your self-preoccupation in service to what is
life-giving. This may not mean an easy path … in the Book of Joel some
still think truth will be served by making weapons out of ploughs,
whereas Isaiah’s vision is to “beat swords into ploughshares”. We must
stand firm in the cause of a deeper peace, sometimes at risk of our
own. Tom Paxton sang: “Peace will come; let it begin with me.” Have a
listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9tIJEywB4g
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