Monday, February 18, 2002
Monday, February 18, 2002
But Saul was ravaging the church by entering house after house; dragging off
both men and women, he committed them to prison.
If you think that an idle question, look at the death and destruction throughout our world today
waged in the name of religion. Protestants and Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland, Jews and
Moslems in the Middle East, Hindus and Moslems in India as well as hundreds of other major
and minor conflicts throughout the world. Indeed, as secular states and movements begin
finally to
accommodate one another, one wonders if the last remaining threat to world peace may be
misguided religious zeal. There is something within the sick and sinful heart of humanity that
will take even that which is the purest, holiest and most loving impulse of all--the response of
the human heart to God--and turn it into an excuse for anger, hatred, and even violence.
May our hearts be filled with God's love in Jesus Christ, as we work for peace in our lives and
in our world.
(Acts 8.3
NRSV)
That is an important question. WHY WAS Saul persecuting Christ? Why was Saul persecuting
the early Christians? What had they ever done to him? Why persecute people who simply look
at life in a different way than you do?
Dear Jesus, may I make your peace my peace and share it with my world. Amen.
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