I testify of the tranquility to the soul that reconciliation with God and each other will bring if we are meek and courageous enough to pursue it.
Indeed, to a great degree, our relationship to Christ will be determined–or at least affected–by our relationship to each other.
Each of us could cite an endless array of old scars and sorrows and painful memories that this very moment still corrode the peace in someone’s heart or family or neighborhood. Whether we have caused that pain or been the recipient of the pain, those wounds need to be healed so that life can be as rewarding as God intended it to be.
Let us not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that’s gone.
But notwithstanding even the most terrible offenses that might come to us, we can rise above our pain only when we put our feet onto the path of true healing. That path is the forgiving one walked by Jesus of Nazareth, who calls out to each of us, “Come, follow me.”
The Healer of every wound, He who rights every wrong, asks us to labor with Him in the daunting task of peacemaking in a world that won’t find it any other way.
Forgiving and forsaking offenses, old or new, is central to the grandeur of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
Renewal and rebirth, a future free from old sorrows and past mistakes, are not only possible, but they have already been purchased, paid for, at an excruciating cost symbolized by the blood of the Lamb who shed it.
If you know of an old injury, repair it. Care for one another in love.
I ask us to be peacemakers–to love peace, to seek peace, to create peace, to cherish peace.
-Sherri Jorgensen
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