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$\"DB.001\"$ <\/a>Worry:<\/strong>
\n\u201cDo not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are what cause anxiety. The heart which clings to goods receives with them the choking burden of worry. Worry collects treasures, and treasures produce more worries. We desire to secure our lives with earthly goods; we want our worrying to make us worry-free, but the truth is the opposite. The chains which bind us to earthly goods, the clutches which hold the goods tight, are themselves worries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Violence:\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u201cJesus\u2019 followers are called to peace. When Jesus called them, they found their peace. Jesus is their peace. Now they are not only to have peace, but they are to make peace. To do this they renounce violence and strife. Those things never help the cause of Christ. Christ\u2019s kingdom is a realm of peace, and those in Christ\u2019s community greet each other with a greeting of peace. Jesus\u2019 disciples maintain peace by choosing to suffer instead of causing others to suffer. They preserve community when others destroy it. They renounce self-assertion and are silent in the face of hatred and injustice. That is how they overcome evil with good. That is how they are makers of divine peace in a world of hatred and war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loving Our Enemies:\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u201cWords and thoughts are not enough. Doing good involves all the things of daily life. \u2018If your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink\u2019 (Romans 12:20). In the same ways that brothers and sisters stand by each other in times of need, bind up each other\u2019s wounds, ease each other\u2019s pain, love of the enemy should do good to the enemy. Where in the world is there greater need, where are deeper wounds and pain than those of our enemies? Where is doing good more necessary and more blessed than for our enemies?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"