am I getting Thomas right here? Peace is not an absence of difficulty or a life that is without disruption or distraction. Peace is a an attitude and a quality that is present (or not) within each different circumstance of our lives...
The statement at the beginning of today's meditation sums it all up... The voice of Christ comments - we all want peace but we don't all want to do what brings peace.
If I may be so bold as to rephrase... I think we might ask the question: "do we really want peace?" (if we're not willing to do what it takes to claim it?) Is Thomas not, in a roundabout way suggesting that the problem begins in our hearts. We have not truly longed for peace yet - otherwise we would cling to God and to Christ and we would trust them enough to listen and obey and find the peace they are offering.
what is it about business and conflict and business and work and business... that we so "love" that we would cling to non-peace in favour of the peace Christ offers?
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