Monday, October 15, 2018

Peacemakers...

My patriarchal blessing says that I should be a peacemaker. I've tried to do that but I have failed many times. Peace in any form is really something to cherish.
"At this time I bless you with the Gift of Peace. This is a very choice gift and one which the world needs at this time. You will not only have peace of mind yourself, but will be able to spread it to all who you know. You are to love your brothers and sisters and your relatives. You will be a peacemaker among them."
My beloved friends, in our shared ministry of reconciliation, I ask us to be peacemakers—to love peace, to seek peace, to create peace, to cherish peace. I make that appeal in the name of the Prince of Peace, who knows everything about being “wounded in the house of [His] friends” but who still found the strength to forgive and forget—and to heal—and be happy.
October 2018 | The Ministry of Reconciliation
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland