After going through 2006 and listening to the daily News, I resolved that this New Year 2007 should be different; at least for me! If I can resolve to make peace in my little section of the world and invite others to do the same world wide; maybe there will be a spark of hope in every country. Maybe there could be World Peace.
So, I hold out an invitation to everyone worldwide, wherever you are. Please, please, please; let us , each one of us, try to make peace with our neighbor. Start first in your own neighborhood. Is there someone you have been quarreling with for some time? Make peace, be the first to stretch out your hand in reconciliation.
Is there some that you have on your list of "unforgivable"? Do you know people who you wont speak to? In your eyes, they have crossed that one line and you can't forgive them? Please, go now and forgive them, make peace.
Are you in Authority, do you set rules and initiate wars? Do you hold the power in your hands? Are you able with one push of a button to destroy a whole nation? Rethink your authority, all authority comes from God. Use it as God would have you do. Do not continue to fuel flames of hatred! God is love; He is not hate. To insist that you encourage fighting in the name of God is completely ludacrist! God is not a God of war and bloodshed. He is a God of peace and unity.
Next time you are considering a quarrel, next time you are contemplating a hateful word; yes, next time you find you are tempted to ignore someone in need; remember, one little light, however small, is still light where everything else is dark.. Be a light, be forgiving, build bridges and let this year of 2007 be a year of Reconciliation ..no one of destruction!
And we are here as on a darkling plain,
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.