He Quiets Our Conflicts with Peace

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. (Matthew 5:9)Jesus began the greatest sermon in history, the Sermon on the Mount, with eight declarations of blessedness. Commonly called the Beatitudes (based on the Latin word for “blessed,” meaning “happy”), they describe the characteristics of those who enter the kingdom of heaven. In the seventh beatitude, Jesus promises deep, rich, eternal happiness to those willing to do the costly work of peacemaking in the present evil a