03/11/2026
It’s been happening since the fall of man…
Pointing the finger of blame at the next person instead of taking accountability and ownership of our own bad choices.
Raging and right-fighting instead of reconciling our differences.
Choosing destruction instead of construction as we amplify the war machine instead of focusing our resources on meeting real needs.
These external conflicts are an outward manifestation of the battle within ourselves.
The qualifier on this quote from Will Durant is that 1000 people had to die for it to qualify as a war. It doesn’t mean there weren’t “minor” conflicts in those 268 years. I say “minor” because there are no winners in war, only widows. Loss never feels minor to the person experiencing it.
I understand that defend and protect became a necessary motivation, but I’m challenging us all to look deeper to the roots of why that is our culture, because it is not the culture of heaven.
“For the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Romans 14:17
Forget religious institutions for a minute and look at the bottom line of the words on the page…
God who is LOVE gave us His son to forgive and reconcile us (and we brutally murdered the most loving perfect person to ever walk this earth).
He gave us the Bible as a roadmap on how to rise above it.
He gave us the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us through it.
And that’s what you choose to villainize?
You’re mad at God because He holds us accountable for the harm we choose to cause, offers redemption because we are valuable and precious to Him, and shows us a way out that blesses us?
If that’s what causes you to be angry, your sense of justice is misplaced and priorities should be checked. People make bad choices. God is calling us out of them. You’re following people in media and politics who manipulate your emotions to be divisive for personal gain. God only reveals the truth and remains constant in what true goodness is.
The impact God has had on my life over the last 9 years to the day has been to heal me, correct me, teach me, bless me, and make me someone who pays it all forward. I’m over here not only praying for peace but acting on faith to serve my community. And all the Christians I know personally are doing the same.
I know nobody is perfect. I know not everyone who calls themselves a Christian walks in the Way.
But the beacon is lit. It’s time to follow Him out of our man made storm on the open seas of chaos so we can land safely on the shore and come home. ❤️
That is the olive branch. 🕊️
