PEACE MOVEMENT

Would you agree that everything in life is a choice? I think we have all heard that long enough that we have come to at least try and believe it. Granted there are some choices others make that affect our lives whether we like it or not. Then we have to state that our choice is how we react to those moments we cannot fully control. Regardless everything is a choice some form or fashion.

How much does your choice of yesterday impact your life of tomorrow? Sure that question is a bit silly I know because if you commit a crime then you will have to do the time as the ole saying goes. In that case a past choice has large future implications. But in the majority of those cases though there is a means to an end. Do your time and get your life back. For the sake of conversation let’s say that you have been forgiven once that time is done.  You made a choice, did your time, got forgiven, and life goes on.

How about bad choices in relationships, words said, deeds done, wrong actions taken, temper got out of control, jealous rage, and your list can go on and on. I want to look at both sides of this for a moment. When you (me) do the wrong we have this strange expectation that people should jump at the opportunity to forgive us. I mean it is the Christian thing to do, RIGHT. We can even post things on social media like “don’t judge me until you look in the mirror” or something of similar nature. BUT if we are the ones that have been wronged come heck or high water we not only DO NOT want the person forgiven we want to make darn sure no one else forgives them either. I hate to say but I have also seen this public display tiraded on social media.

Here is the point to all this, we all make mistakes daily, some big some small. The goal is to try and do well morally and ethically every day. We will fail at this attempt on occasion but with proper contrition we do in fact deserve forgiveness. We simply can’t judge others for the same mistakes we make. Nor can we hold others in self imposed prisons for life. These prisons we hold others in also bind and creates for ourselves lives of misery that we try to blame on everyone else. There comes a point in time and we can call it a choice that we must free people in order to FREE OURSELVES. You see Christ did not create this thing called forgiveness for the freeing of others; he created it to break the chains we have bound ourselves with. As painful as it may be the greatest GRACE in the world is allowing others and yourself the power of true forgiveness.

Christ made it clear that love will find a way and that my friends are the choice I am trying to get you all to see. Peace, love, acceptance, and forgiveness hold more power than any religion ever will. It is a choice and it is within our power to make tomorrow better than yesterday.  You have nothing to lose and everything to gain so come on join the peace movement today.

Peace to you

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