Practice Peace!

I Wonder How Many Of Us Would Survive

If The Lord Jesus Indulged In Fault Find

If Our Dear Jesus Was A Nit-Picker

Who Holds A Grudge

And

Takes Great Pains To Exercise His Right

As Man's One And Only Judge!?! 

What's With The "Survive" Bit You Pushing!?! 

We'd Be All Lost And Twice-Dead Men! 

You May Want To Correct The Twice-Dead Bit! 

If The Lord Ruled Us Just Like We Live And Interact

Our First Offense Would Be Our Last Offense 

As In ... Per Present-Day Speak:

You People Are Too Bougie!

You're To Stupid To Live In Your Skin!

You're A Waste Of Breath!

You're Taking Up Space!

You Don't Know To Come In Out Of The Rain!

You Can't Even Recognize You're Playing In Traffic!

And That Known Truly Vicious And Distinct Nasty 

Thrown Into Some People's Faces:

Your Mother Should Have Put You In Her Knee ...! 

... "Put You In Your Knee!?!" 

I Don't Know That Expression! 

I'm Sorry! 

I Forgot We Were In Mixed Company! 

That's A Bajanism For Performing An Abortion! 

Dear God, Help Us! 

Why Would Anyone Say That To Another Human!?! 

Sweetie, That's How The World Turns ... Your Stomach! 

Satan Real Busy! 

Indeed! 

But Let's Get Back To Our Original Topic!

Extend Grace And Show Mercy! 

Offer Love And Extend Patience! 

Offer Hope And Provide Help 
And Practice Healing! 

Let's Encapsulate It And Say:

Be At Peace
Because
We Are Saved By Grace 
As We Pursue Peace

With Our Holy God 
And 
Our Fellow Man! 

Let's Look At Apostle Paul's Letter To The Hebrews:

Brethren, 

Bite Your Tongue! 

Learn To Bridle Your Mouth ...! 

... Put A Sock In It! 

Indeed! 

We Don't Live For Ourselves: 
We Are To Live For Christ Jesus! 
If We Are Living For Self
We Are Playing Satan's Game!

No Human Will Ever Survive That Game!

Time To Put Self Out To Pasture, Permanently!

Hear, Hear!

We Don't Live By Ourselves: 
We Live Amongst Many "Men" With Many Minds
And

As Children Of The Living God

And 

Considering That But For His Great Grace 
We Could Be Doing What All Willful Sinners Do!

It's Past Time To Get Right With The Lord!

Let's Look Beyond Others' Faults To Their Needs 

And 

Choose To Bless Them By Our Thoughts To God About Them

And 

Our Words And Actions Toward Them! 

When We Choose To Really, Critically, Think About It
Our Lives May Be The Only Bible ... The Only Good News

They Will Ever Read

So Let's Practice Peace

Because

A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath

And

Sweet Honey Catches More Flies Than 
Acidic Vinegar Ever Will ...!

... And Also Because The Lord Asks Us To Do So! 

The Texts Says

No Peace

No Holiness 

No Seeing The Lord
And

That's A Really Interesting 
And 
Critical Point To Make, To Understand, To Accept! 

I Don't Get You!?! 

Look At It This Way:

When The Lord Comes

In All His Glory 
The Glory Of The Father

And

The Glory Of His Angels

The Brightness Of His Coming 

Is 
Going Destroy All Evil-Doers ...! 

... Because Our God Is A Consuming Fire ...!

... And Evil Cannot Stand In His Presence! 

This Is Another Perfect Reason To Trust The Lord

And Get Saved Into His Kingdom Of Light! 

The Bottom Line ...

Be A Peace-Speaker
And
Be A Peace-Keeper
- Don't Be A Fake -
And
Walk In The Light That Is Jesus Christ's Life
Doing The Peaceable Works Of Righteousness

And

Shine Your Light In The Darkness

For That Old Devil, Our Enemy, To See! 
Don't Give Him Any Ground In The Battle!

Do Good ... And Be Kind!

Love Righteousness
And
Be Merciful!

The Lord's Mercies Shown To Us Acknowledged Sinners
Are New Every Morning!

Great Is His Faithfulness!

AMEN!!!

Peace-Makers
Are
The Children Of Almighty God
And
With All The Blessed
They Will Inherit The Earth!