God as non-violence. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]Though we hear so many stories that appear to make God a violent being, I don't
buy it. The way of God's Reign - the life that is handed to us is one in which there
is to be no violence toward the other. God as forgiveness and reconciliation and
peace and mercy and loving kindness moves us into lives of non-violence. That is
not to say that we still do not persist to beat - slam - kick - and even kill others.
THAT kind of life cannot be said to be the life into which God calls us. God as
non-violence is one who give us life freely - you - me - all of them. The only way
that all of these gifted parts of creation can live together is to live non-violently.
Once the cycle of violence begins, it never ends. It is always pay-back time - get
even time - retribution time. I would submit that all of those times are times we
claim as 'our' time and therefore we let ourselves go to war forgetting that life
is a gift handed to both me and the one I'm trying to destroy. But that 'our' and
that 'my' really seems to change the face of the peace of God's Reign that is to
be our home.
O God of love and new life, lead us more deeply into your peace. Amen.
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