when they live at peace with you. (Proverbs 3:29 NABRE)
Serving God means, in part, maintaining peace with good people.* This prompts several difficult questions in my mind: What does peace look like? How do I recognize a good person?
One efficient way to look at both of these terms is to evaluate what each is not. Peace may be understood as the absence of conflict. A good person may be understood as someone who lacks malice or wickedness.
And with that, we arrive at a slightly more concrete idea of the real challenge in today's verse: What can I do today and everyday to eliminate conflict with others in my life who do not live lives characterized by malice or wickedness?
I believe prayer is the beginning of the answer, the middle of the effort, and the end of the problem.
Today, I will pray for peace to be restored to strained relationships.
Saint Jeanne Jugan, founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor, pray for us.
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