Listen

Christ is our peace. He made both Jews and Gentiles into one group. With his body, he broke down the barrier of hatred that divided us. He canceled the detailed rules of the Law so that he could create one new person out of the two groups, making peace. He reconciled them both as one body to God by the cross, which ended the hostility to God.

Ephesians 2:14-16

Think

One day when I was in school there was a miscommunication between me and a friend. I thought she had deliberately not invited me somewhere with our other friends, and I became upset with her. She thought I was being unreasonable and decided to ignore me for the rest of the day. I thought that it was going to break-up our friendship. Actually, I hadn’t been left out, but they had changed times for an event I couldn’t go to in the first place, and my friend thought I had become angry with her for no reason. It took another friend stepping in to mediate the situation in order to save our friendship.

Christ is a reconciler for us, his ministry is to unify us in God’s love and creation. Humans today, just like the Jews and Gentiles in Ephesians, can be broken from each other for many reasons. Christ helps us realize that in order to truly see and understand God’s love, we must all learn to be with each other in love.

Tori Crook

Pray

Let me find the peace to reconcile with those I need to, Lord. Allow me to help others reconcile through your love. Amen.

Go

God calls us to join the story of God’s goodness and creation.

Go and find where God is calling you, in the smallness and largeness of the world.

Go in fellowship, in love, and grow in the story that God has for us.