Grace

I find that the Grace of the Bible offers the world something it can't seem to find on it's own. Essayist Lance Morrow once said, "a Newtonian law comes into play: For every atrocity there must be equal and opposite atrocity." The Jewish State and the Palestinians fight a battle of tit for tat with the lives of people in the balance. Two million Hutu refugees sat in a refugee camp near Rwanda and refused to go home. Their leaders warned them not to trust Tutsi promises that "all is forgiven." They're told, "they will murder you and seek revenge." Fighting and unforgiving people rage all around the world.

Perhaps forgiveness is unfair. Both sides described above will certainly say forgiveness would be unfair. The guy who robs your home is in the wrong, and yet he thinks you have more than you could possibly need. So we go merrily along our way and no one forgives the other and peace is illusive. Yet, Jesus of the Bible takes the final step and His forgiveness offers a cure. Grace has its own power now because of what He did, but to see it you must deny your own instincts and not concern yourself with fairness. After all, Jesus paid the final price and we're now free to be at peace with everyone as well as with God. Instead we are prone to "judge and condemn" as said in Matthew 7:1-5

As I gaze into the mountains, these are fragments of thinking that shape me and frame my heart. If they don't shape you, how will you ever be at peace? How can you forgive? How can you know God? The "Peace of God passes all understanding." Philippians 4:7.