March 4
Healing of the nations
(Revelation
22:2 NKJV) In the middle of its street, and on either
side of the river, was the tree of life,
which bore twelve fruits, each
tree yielding its fruit every month. The
leaves of the tree were for the
healing of the nations.
I
am always very reluctant to watch the news, local or national. Lately I find it
such an assault on my senses. I see and hear so much cruelty, hatred and
bigotry when I do watch, that I often wish I could un-see. With the advent of
the internet global stories are at our finger tips. We know in a matter of
minutes if not seconds about a shooting half way around the world. The internet
has brought all of the destruction of the world right to our front door. It is
such a different world then my childhood. In many ways good and in many ways
bad. Oh how I wish I could unlearn all the bad so that only the good remained.
I
cry out for the healing of people, towns, countries and nations! Why must we be
so vile to one another? Why must we speak with such hate, contempt and
destruction in our voices? Isn’t our
energy better spent on the ways we are alike and not different? Isn’t love
easier then hate?
We need healing for all nations. None of us are exempt from
the need for healing. None of us. Let us not make it about who is right or
wrong but let it be about what is love and justice and good. Let the healing of
the nation’s begin with me.
Where am I filled with thoughts that could ripe apart our
nation? Is my language one of love, respect and healing? Show me to whom I need
to reach out to because of my own wrongs.
The hope of a secure and livable world
lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and
brotherhood.
Martin Luther King Jr., “Strength to Love”
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