Thrive Not on Chaos
“If possible, insofar as it is possible, be at peace with all men.”
This exhortation, spoken and written long ago by the Christian apostle, Paul, is a timely truth for us now.
Furthemore, our President, Joe Biden, has called for peace among us, Americans. Listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JemWkV2Vcic
On September 2, 2022, our President spoke to our people, We the People of the United States, with a timely and bold message. At one point he addressed his words to those, our countrymen, who “thrive on chaos.”
Joe Biden admonished us to choose a different path, a better path, the path of peace, because, he pointed out:
“This is a nation that honors our Constitution. We do not reject it. . .This is a nation that rejects violence as a political tool. . . We cannot allow violence to be normalized in this country. . .
“We the People see politics, not as total war — but as mediation of our differences.”
As I listened to President Biden’s message, just now, days later, his message reminded me of the exhortation written long ago, for me and for all my Christian brethren:
“If possible, insofar as it is possible, be at peace with all men.”
If, however, you do not profess, as I do, the gospel of Jesus Christ, perhaps you will allow me to remind us of the words spoken long ago by our President John Kennedy, when I was a young man, in the early 1960's:
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what, together, we can do for the freedom on Man.”
