Matthew 5:9 (NRSVUE)

Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called children of God.

I carry peace wherever I go.

John Lewis

“Peace is not simply the absence of war or tension—

it is the presence of justice,

the manifestation of compassion,

the active pursuit of reconciliation.

True peace does not come by standing still—

it comes when love steps forward.”

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John 1:4–5 (NRSVUE)

In him was life,

and the life was the light of all people.

The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness did not overcome it.

The light within me is the life of God.

Rabindranath Tagore

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day

runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth

in numberless blades of grass

and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.

And so, whenever my heart grows dim,

I remember:

the light within me is the life of God.”

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Scripture:

Ephesians 5:8-9 (NRSVUE) — “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light; for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.”

Refrain:

I turn toward the light and walk in grace.

Quote:

Wendell Berry: “It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.”

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