What does it take to have peace?

“Keeping peace in a family requires patience, love, understanding and at least two television sets with remote controls.”

Peace in any family whether biological or community involves two coordinates:  “proper attitude and productive, tangible actions resulting from that attitude.”

PEACE demands that we seek to understand whether we are understood or not.  Peace remembers that it is more important to get in the first thought than it is to have the last word.  Yes, peace requires patience, love and understanding.

The prayers that we live ON OUR FEET are just as important as THOSE SAID ON OUR KNEES.  Peace has a tangible price “at least two television sets”…actions that are expressed in our contributing time in acts of kindness…sometimes with our money…and always with our efforts.

“So faith, by itself, if it has no works is dead.”  James 2:17

Finger Prints & HEART PRINTS

Wherever we go today, we leave “fingerprints” on everything we touch.  So our fingerprints identify our geographical locations of the day.

We also have the opportunity TODAY to leave “Heartprints” on each person that we contact.  Let us resolve that we will leave “Heartprints” of compassion, understanding and love.

A PRAYER…

“Lord, we ask for wisdom that with sincerity we will touch hearts as your instruments to inspire and to encourage.  May our “Heartprints” be recognized as being in Your direction and honor.  Through Christ.  Amen.