Jeremiah 6:14 King James Version
14 They have healed also the hurt of
the daughter of my people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace; when there is no
peace."
On October 13, 2025, I started this blog when President Donald
Trump stated: “We have Peace. There is peace.” I’m sure he fondly hoped that
there would be peace.
A thousand or two years before Christ, Abraham had two sons,
Ishmael and Isaac. They were long separated because Sarah, Isaac’s mother,
couldn’t take the way Ishmael, fourteen years his elder, was taunting Isaac.
The two brothers buried their father. That was probably the last time they, or
their descendants, ever did something together in peace.
None of the descendants seem to have learned how to forgive
when something evil was done to them. Instead, they feel obliged to seek
revenge at all costs. Their vengeance seeking may yet plunge this world into a
nuclear war that would threaten the survival of the human race. I’m sure that
this attitude is the one that caused Christ to say that if we forgive men their
sins, God will forgive us our sins, but if we don’t, neither will He forgive
us. Matthew 6: 14-15.
It appears that Trump needs to learn the lesson of
forgiveness himself. He has still not forgiven California for not voting for
him and has refused Federal help for the massive fire burn areas near Los
Angeles of last winter.
Lord, help us to be forgiving in love.
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