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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
A London-based diamond retailer launched a 1.14-carat diamond into the air attached to a weather balloon. The promotion announced that whoever found the diamond could keep it. Then things went a little haywire. It drifted off course and the tracking GPS system failed. For several months people carefully…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 28 views
Living peaceably means allowing God to work even when your flesh is screaming for justice. A sad news story from Wales years ago told of a feud in a church looking for a new pastor. It read: “Yesterday the two opposing groups both sent ministers to the pulpit. Both spoke simultaneously, each trying to…
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A woman was out Christmas shopping with her two children. After many hours of looking at row after row of toys and everything else imaginable, and after hours of hearing both her children asking for everything they saw on those many shelves, she finally made it to the elevator with her two kids. She…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 34 views
The only place to find peace in the midst of a storm is in the Maker of the storm. Long ago, a man sought the perfect picture of peace. Not finding one that satisfied, he announced a contest to produce this masterpiece. The challenge stirred the imagination of artists everywhere, and paintings arrived…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 31 views
The first time the town of Tubingen, Germany, expelled all of its Jewish residents was in 1477. It wasn’t the last. It became a place where anti-Jewish doctrines thrived, especially during World War II. Today, however, the Jerusalem Post reports that not only has a tiny Jewish community returned to the…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 3 views
Some signs of a codependent leader include the following: Codependent leader are peacemakers who cover up problems, rather than face them, in an effort to balance the group system. They may be very benevolent with a high tolerance for deviant behavior. Willing to take on more work so they do not have…
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LONDON — London buses have God on their side — but not for long, if atheists have their way. The sides of some of London's red buses will soon carry ads asserting there is "probably no God," as nonbelievers fight what they say is the preferential treatment given to religion in British society. Organizers…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 20 views
Shakey went to a psychiatrist. “Doc,” he said, “I’ve got trouble. Every time I get into bed, I think there’s somebody under it. I get under the bed, I think there’s somebody on top of it. Top, under, top, under ... you gotta help me, I’m going crazy!” “Just put yourself in my hands for two years,” said…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 6 views
If you are in a church in conflict and want justice, forget it! A group wants love and tranquility before it wants justice. -Peter Steinke, 9-14-00
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 7 views
Peace, peace? They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. Jeremiah 6:14 (ESV) A church in decline surrounds herself with peace-mongers who war against her soul. She suppresses uncomfortable truths of God’s holiness and righteous anger against sin.…
Bradley Waldrop • Illustration • • 38 views
Here's what the school's program said about "Peace Child" the musical: In Papua, New Guinea, when warring tribes make peace, they each exchange a child. The children grow up in the other's tribe, and if, in the future, conflict threatened between the two tribes, that child is sent to negotiate the peace.…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 8 views
ATTENTION CHILDREN: The Bathroom Door is Closed. Please do not stand here and talk, whine, or ask questions. Wait until I get out. Yes, it is locked. I want it that way. It is not broken, I am not trapped. I know I have left it unlocked, and even open at times, since you were born, because I was afraid…
Michael McDonald • Illustration • • 6 views
Humility, Peace, War, No Place for God During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln faced not only the weariness of trying to bring together a divided nation, but also intense political pressure. Under such pressure Lincoln signed an order to transfer a regiment from one field of battle to another.…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 6 views
GOD OF PEACE If you consider God in the trinity of his persons for a few moments, you will see that in each-Father, Son, and Holy Ghost-the title is apt and correct, “the God of peace.” There is God the everlasting Father, he is the God of peace, for he from all eternity planned the great covenant of…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 6 views
AMBITION: THE ENEMY OF PEACE “The next enemy to peace is ambition. ‘Diotrephes loveth to have the preeminence,’ and that fellow has spoiled many a happy church.” [Spurgeon, MTP, Vol. 1, 660].
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 8 views
Sometimes the Lord calms the storm; sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child. “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7, NIV God’s Little Instruction Book Daily Calendar, October 4
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The Anxiety Prayer God grant me anxiety and worry, So that I can fret about things just out of my reach, And neglect the things you've given me. I pray I would learn to confuse what's mine to do and what's yours. Allow me to live in the future; ignoring the present and its treasure. You know I won't…
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We all preach funerals from time to time. Here is a good way to close one. In a speech to the joint session of Congress March 27, 1990, on the 100th anniversary of General Eisenhower’s birthday, his son, John S.D. Eisenhower, closed by saying, “Ike is now part of history, gone from us for twenty-one…
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Lord, Make Me and Instrument of Your Peace - by Francis Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy.…
Ursula Hashem • Illustration • • 3 views
As Thomas Merton once wrote: "When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my own country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable."
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 14 views
In a west Texas town a few years ago, employees in a medium-sized warehouse noticed the smell of gas. Sensibly, management evacuated the building, extinguishing all potential sources of ignition — lights, power, etc. After the building had been evacuated, two technicians from the gas company were dispatched.…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 5 views
A man was pushing a shopping cart containing a screaming, thrashing, bouncing baby boy through a supermarket. The man kept repeating such admonitions as, “Don’t yell, Brian. Calm down, Brian. Don’t get excited, Brian.” A woman standing next to him said, “You certainly are to be commended, young man,…
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 3 views
I read a parable recently that bothered me when I read it the first time. It is a story that was reportedly told by Buddha: A traveler, fleeing a tiger who was chasing him, ran till he came to the edge of a cliff. There he caught hold of a thick vine, and swung himself over the edge. Above him the tiger…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 29 views
Hand shaking Open hand Ex. 4:2 According to tradition, the custom of shaking hands began among ancient German duelists as a sign of peaceful intentions. The men couldn’t draw swards when their hands were outstretched, so an open hand signified that they were meeting as friends. Conversely, a closed or…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 42 views
Prayer breaks down walls WW2; Hitler; Berlin Wall; Division; Protection; Prayer; Pray; Revival; Peace; Hate; Freedom; Free; After World War II, Berlin—the capital of Germany and headquarters of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich—was overseen by the four Allied nations that had united to defeat Hitler: America,…