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A Different Kind of Peace The Sanskrit word for peace is pac and means to bind or to fasten. It is the word we know as pact—to make a bargain. Perhaps Jesus is reminding us that the peace we think we want is, in fact, a peace that will bind us, fasten us to a pleasant, boring, but ultimately nondescript life, while the peace offered by heaven is full life—life rich, varied, raw, and real. Life in all of its deepest reality. Life that is fully alive, if you will. Perhaps Jesus is reminding us that he does not make bargains with anything less than that full life. The sword that Jesus brings cuts and cleaves us until we are unfastened from what is only a false peace and freed for full life. --Rev. Canon Reneé Miller Lose Yourself in the Presence of God For a daily devotion, visit SIGNPOSTS |
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