Day Two
Micah 4:3b.
Neither shall they learn war any more

Who’s responsible for all the fright, the disaster, the loss, and the pain? Whom shall we blame? Someone made all this happen. Whoever that is must be searched out and found, be punished and made to suffer.

When disaster strikes, we naturally want to assign blame. Thousands of people have died, many thousands more have suffered. It is at such a time as this that we stop and listen to ancient words echoing down through the ages that say, “Now is not the time for retribution but forgiveness; not for hate, but for love.”

The endless cycle of retribution, ever escalating, must stop and stop now. Let there be no more fighting. There must be peace, and if there is to be peace, it will begin with me.

Eternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the sword of righteousness, no strength known but the strength of love: So mightily spread abroad your Spirit that all peoples may be gathered under the banner of the Prince of Peace, as children of one Father, to whom be dominion and glory, now and forever. Amen.

Dear God, I give myself to thee this day, thine only, thine ever to be. Amen.