All I can say to this is amen


Lelia Struve email [log in to unmask] msn [log in to unmask]
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From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 4:43 PM
Subject: Recipe for Peace


> Rhonda,
>
> Those are some pretty good ingredients in your recipe for Peace.  I'm not
> sure there is much we can add or change.  Thanks for sharing these
> thoughts!  They're new to me, and I'm blessed in reading them.
>
> Helen
>
> Earlier, Rhonda wrote:
>>I am afraid nothing will be done, my Dad  knows of her drug problem, and
>>while it isn't his fault she takes them, he enables it, a sort of
>>codependence! he is in a hard place now, and I pray for God to give him
>>strength to do what is right, not what is the easiest, or what makes
>>others
>>happy, but what is the right and best thing to do for someone he loves!
>>My Dad is a lot like me, a peace keeper, and if I have learned one
>>thing...
>>it's that Peace keepers aren't blessed, or happy, the price to keep the
>>peace is too high, and you only end up with what I have termed
>>"counterfeit
>>peace" it looks   real kind, feels like the real kind, but... just like
>>counterfeit money it will not work when you need it too.
>>I like the verse in Mathew that says "blessed are the peacemakers for they
>>shall be called children of God" not being a Bible or theology scholar, I
>>look at what it doesn't say, it doesn't say, blessed are those who keep
>>the
>>peace, but blessed are the peace makers,  to me that says that there isn't
>>any peace, or at least not the real kind, so some real peace must be
>>found,
>>or made,  a maker,  so if there aren't any cookies and I make some I am a
>>cookie maker, so then... the question comes up How does One make Peace, I
>>believe the first and most important ingredient is truth, with out it,
>>there
>>will never be any real peace,
>>anyone want to add to the Peace recipe?
>>
>>Wars are hard and they eventually end in some sort of peace agreement! our
>>peace with God didn't come at a cheap price either.
>>
>>The truth will set you free, but sometimes it takes time!
>>
>>Rhonda