Keep your eyes on the prince of peace. By Henri J.M. Nouwen./Reflections on peace

Keep your eyes on the prince of peace, the one who
doesn't cling to his divine power; the one who refuses
to turn stones into bread, jump from great heights and
rule with great power; the one who says, "Blessed are the poor,
the gentle, those who mourn, and those who hunger and thirst
for righteousness; blessed are the merciful, the pure in heart,
the peacemakers and those who are persecuted in the cause
of uprightness" (see Matt. 5:3-11); the one who touches
the lame, the crippled, and the blind; the one who speaks
words of forgiveness and encouragement; the one who dies
alone, rejected and despised. Keep your eyes on him who
becomes poor with the poor, weak with the weak, and who
is rejected with the rejected. He is the source of all peace.

Where is this peace to be found? The answer is clear.
In weakness. First of all, in our own weakness,
in those places of our hearts where we feel most broken,
most insecure, most in agony, most afraid. Why there?
Because there our familiar ways of controlling our
world are being stripped away; there we are called
to let go from doing much, thinking much, and relying
on our self-sufficiency. Right there where we are weakest
the peace which is not of this world is hidden.

In Adam's name I say to you, "Claim that peace that
remains unknown to so many and make it your own.
Because with that peace in your heart you will have
new eyes to see and new ears to hear and gradually
recognize that same peace in places you would have
least expected."
"Adam's Story: The Peace That Is Not Of This World",
By Henri J.M. Nouwen.

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