Memorial Day!

May 30, 2022 Monday Message:

Matthew 5:9 NLT: “God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.”

When it comes to fighting wars, the US takes a ‘non-aggressor’ position. We’re not trying to get more land or take-over another country. My father defended our country in WW2. The US didn’t enter that war until our navy was attacked at Pearl Harbor. The peace had been broken, so then we retaliated. When our country was attacked on 9/11, we retaliated. But the goal is peace.

Every night on TV we can see the results of war in Ukraine, the deaths and the devastation. Our country supports them with money and munitions, but the goal is to stop the aggression and establish peace.

Is world peace possible? Perhaps not! Evil people with sin in their hearts confound the peacemakers. And Jesus said that there will be wars and rumors of wars until he returns. The second-coming judgement may be what is ultimately required for sustainable world peace. But we still pray for the persecuted, the victims, the widows left behind and their children.

Today is Memorial Day, formerly Decoration Day, in the US. We honor those who died defending our country establishing the peace we know.

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406