Turn the Other Cheek?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

If peace were easy, would we care about it?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You provide purpose to life. Everything that is testifies to your glory and greatness. Even the dust of Earth reveals marvels if we stop to see and to listen. Giving that testimony is the ultimate purpose for all that is. Happy are we who know this grand purpose.

I think that’s what Jesus said: Blessed are the meek, for theirs is the dominion of heaven. You provide the purpose. You provide means to achieve the purpose through our character and our abilities and our experience. We can hardly help but fulfill the purpose, lest we lose our selves. Joy is ours when we know this purpose, when we know we are fulfilling it. The old saying puts it quite well: for the glory of God and our neighbor’s good. May it be so in me.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Because I said so!”

[When do you think He didn’t say that? One time, probably, when nobody questioned the bit about turning the other cheek…]

D. Blog: Tuesday Haiku

There is no way to God.
God is the way.
To all that matters in life.