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What if other people don’t love peace?
I didn’t have time to bake anything fresh. So I went to a local grocery store and bought whatever cookies looked most homemade in the bakery section. Then I steeled myself as I prepared to knock on my neighbor’s door.
Two nights previously, he had knocked on ours to complain about our barking dogs. It had been a nice evening, and I had been distracted.
I knocked and apologized the best I could, smiling brightly, box of cookies in hand. All he could say was, “You left them out a long time.” No “Forgiven! Water under the bridge!” It was clear my peace offering was only begrudgingly accepted.
Would I apologize again? Bring cookies? I sure would. I can’t help his reaction, or anyone’s for that matter. But I can be the one who seeks peace and tries to live it out.
Act
Seek peace with someone you’ve been avoiding.
Pray
God, apologizing and seeking peace isn’t always fun or rewarding. Help me continue to seek it despite others’ acceptance of it.
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About this Plan
Whether it’s social media, the news, or our own households, it’s like no one wants to live in peace. Getting their own words heard—often forcibly—seems to be more important today than just about anything else. It’s exhausting, all this posturing and shouting. What if we start creating spaces of peace? Think what might happen if all these little pockets of peace started popping up all over our communities.
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