{"id":1818,"date":"2020-02-14T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2020-02-02T07:48:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T12:48:53","slug":"how-to-pass-the-peace-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/14\/how-to-pass-the-peace-today\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO PASS THE PEACE TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cTurn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.\u201d Psalm 34:14 NIV<\/em><\/strong>
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In order to seek peace, you have to pass peace on to others. Passing the peace is something that has been done in churches for centuries.  Typically, it\u2019s a time during the service, before the sermon, when congregants greet each other. The words originally exchanged, \u201cPeace be with you,\u201d as people shake hands.  This is a physical way of passing the peace from one person to the next. It\u2019s been years since I\u2019ve attended a service where they actually \u201cpass the peace.\u201d Typically these days it\u2019s not done at all, or if it is, it\u2019s a \u201chigh five\u201d rather than a handshake.  But passing the peace isn\u2019t something that can only be done in church. Passing the peace is something you can do in all aspects of life. 
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My husband and I pass the peace in our marriage.  We pass the peace when we put the other person ahead of our needs.  When my husband is dishing up dinner plates, he always gives me more than himself.  He\u2019s passing peace. When I do the laundry and put away his clothes, I\u2019m passing the peace with him.  We pass the peace by respecting each other. We pass the peace when we\u2019re willing to agree to disagree on a subject.  Every month when we strive together to come in on budget, we are passing the peace. We are seeking peace by passing it.  Seek peace by passing peace.
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\tSeek peace by passing peace.<\/strong>
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Jesus sought peace everywhere He went.  Jesus sought peace when he fed the 5,000, healed the sick, loved the unlovable.  Everywhere Jesus went, he sought peace. One of my favorite passages is found in John 8:1-11 NIV<\/a>.  A woman caught in adultery is brought to Jesus at the Temple where He is teaching.  They expect Him to stone her because that is the penalty for the crime. Instead Jesus sought peace.  Without saying a word, he knelt and wrote something in the sand. What He wrote no one knows for sure.  What we do know is that one by one her accusers left. Jesus quiets the crowd without saying a word. He was the Master of seeking peace.
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We can live our lives like Jesus.\u00a0 We can seek peace wherever we go. Jesus was the Master of Peace because He sought the Father first (Mark 1:35 NIV<\/a>).\u00a0 When we seek God first, we\u2019ll become masters of peace as well.\u00a0 We\u2019ll put others needs ahead of ours. We\u2019ll forgive our offenses and pray for our enemies.\u00a0 We\u2019ll love our neighbors as ourselves. When we do those things, passing the peace becomes a lifestyle.\u00a0 Everywhere we go, like Jesus, we\u2019ll seek peace. When we seek peace, we\u2019ll pass peace to those around us.
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Question of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you pass the peace today?
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Further Reading:<\/strong> Exodus 37:1-38:31 NIV<\/a>, Matthew 28:1-20 NIV<\/a>, Psalm 34:11-22 NIV<\/a>, Proverbs 9:9-10 NIV<\/a>
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\u201cTurn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.\u201d Psalm 34:14 NIV In order to seek peace, you have to pass peace on to others. Passing the peace is something that has been done in churches for centuries.  Typically, it\u2019s a time during the service, before the sermon, when congregants greet each other.… Continue reading HOW TO PASS THE PEACE TODAY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1821,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}