Article November 24, 1997 Issue

You can be a peacemaker

Amy K. Anderson

What can you do to stop the fighting in the world? If you've ever had a fight with one of your friends, you know how unhappy it can make you. When that happens, you have a choice. You can be angry, which doesn't do anything but make everyone feel more unhappy. Or you can be understanding and forgiving, which leads to healing.

Jesus gave us a beatitude that helps us see it's better for everyone to forgive. In the Bible, in the book of Matthew, we read, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God" (5:9). When we bring peace to our friends' lives and in our families, we help to break down the view that anger and fighting are normal, just a part of life.

What you think really does have an effect on the world around you. Good, healing thoughts help the world. This is how God requires us to think as peacemakers. Angry thoughts add to the weight of evil and make another power besides God, Love, seem real.

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