I often sign emails, comments and posts with the word “peace.” But after attending yesterday’s anti-war rally with Cindy Sheehan and World Can’t Wait, and counter-rally by the veterans’ group Gathering of Eagles, I’m realizing that “peace” means different things to different people.
This is peace, for me:
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us PEACE was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
– Isaiah 53:5
Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS, for they will be called sons of God.
– Matthew 5:9
PEACE I leave with you; my PEACE I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives…
– John 14:27
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
– Romans 5:1-2
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. For he himself is our PEACE…
– Ephesians 2:13-14
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of PEACE. There is one body and one Spirit — just as you were called to one hope when you were called — one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
– Ephesians 4:1-6
PEACEMAKERS who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
– James 3:18
