The world is full of conflict at present. Global conflict amongst many peoples, conflict closer to home in one's own country, town or city, or even in one's family.
How many people have had a disagreement or serious falling out with another member of the family and as a result both vowed not to speak or see each other again. In doing so, not only have they built a great chasm between them preventing forgiveness and reconciliation, but they have also denied a future generation, their own children, from growing up knowing their cousins, uncles, aunts and other members of their families.
By taking entrenched positions that they are right, and the other person is wrong, they have sentenced their own offspring to a different life of not knowing their own extended family; and they have denied the older generation the joy and pleasure of seeing grand-children, nephews and nieces growing up.
What chance has the world to know peace if we can't keep the peace amongst our own families.
When conflict is great in the world we should recognise it for what it is. The continuous challenge of the devil against the Kingdom of God. It is by sowing conflict, fears and doubts that he surely draws us away from the path to eternal Heaven.
We make Satan's work easy for him by maintaining our point of view that we were right in our disagreements with others. We do this without analysing how important the matter is compared to an eternity in hell.
Truly, the world will never know peace until it learns to forgive.
If we are to dispel our worries, fears and doubts about the future, let us start by making peace with God and each other.
