Thank you God for peacemakers

We live in a world of discord.

There are disputes between governments,

groups of people; conservative, and liberals,

and church denominations.

There are skirmishes between neighbors over a foot of property

or animals in their yard.

There are arguments at work;

often over time off, or job assignments.

Moms and dads square off over many things in a day.

Parents and children are often at odds with each other.

Sometimes, disagreements are necessary

while at other times the disagreements are over trivial things,

things that will not matter in the long run.

Often the discord is so great, we forget the harmony

and all we hear is clashing, crashing notes.

We have to work to restore the harmony,

the peace.

Today I am thankful for the people

who provide harmony, the peacemakers.

They have different views and ways of handling things

and yet they can work together

in a marriage

in a family

in a church

at work

or wherever they are.

I am blessed to have family and friends who

understand harmony and sometimes,

we agree to disagree.

We find that being right is not as important

as loving and being loved.

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