The Reign of God as reconciliation. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as reconciliation is not going to look like a 'winning' team in a world that lives to win - to beat the other side - to take and have whatever it want from others. If fact, the Reign of God will be the people who often lose alongside the ones who are being beaten up by the ones who long to win the day. Usually, the powerful will take whatever they want from the less powerful. Those who live within the Reign of God as reconciliation speak up and expose the injustice or the abuse or the neglect so that in the light of day, all will see the violence of the world and the brokenness it manufactures. The Reign of God as reconciliation brings warring factions to the table because even when the war does not concern me or harm me, it harms our common humanity. Therefore, the work of the day is to provide the energy and wisdom and inspiration that will bring warring parties to a table of peace. At that table, the Reign of God as reconciliation takes care of the least and presses in on those who have most so that no one leaves needing to harm or destroy the other. When we reside in the Reign of God, we are gifted to act before war and before evil rule the day. We are gifted to see how things break apart among us. We are gifted to see how we all can move through a process of healing in which all sides will one day be witnesses to a new day. O God of love and new life, open our eyes and guide our hearts and make us those instruments of your peace that are busy changing the world. Amen. |
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