Peacemaker Seminar

What a joy it was to meet with the leadership of this church last night–and then to serve as one member of a team of four instructors presenting The Peacemaker Seminar today!

It has been a long time since I’ve had the joy of spending six hours on the foundational peacemaking material–and is always the case when I get to receive biblical teaching from wise Christians … I was encouraged, convicted, challenged, and comforted by the gospel.

(As an aside … what a privilege it is to have the freedom to gather & pray and open God’s Word–with an abundance of Bibles in the room and no fear of imprisonment or death. Such luxury. Such luxury. Most Christians in the world can’t even imagine it.)

ANYWAY … I thought you might enjoy just a handful of the guotes I wrote down from the day:

– To dwell there above with the saints whom we love–that will be glory! To dwell here below with the saints whom we know? THAT’S another story!

– If we both agree all the time, then one of us is unnecessary.

– A moment of frustration and anger becomes a moment of MINISTRY.

– Making us holy is God’s unending agenda. (I think that’s a Tripp & Lane quote.)

– We have a great opportunity: Stop thinking about OUR agenda and start thinking about GOD’S agenda!

– Where will you be in 3 years? 15 years? 50 years? 150 years? Pray for the grace to look back on THIS CONFLICT and be able to say, “My preeminent concern was love for God and neighbor.”

– Each one of us is so much more complex than we appear on the outside.

– The last place a True Believer wants to be is outside of the Church.

Good stuff, eh?

I am a blessed woman to get to serve.

Please do pray for me if I flit through your heart tomorrow–I will teach two Sunday school classes and our week here striving to help these dear brothers and sisters in Christ will continue.

With love and thanks,
Tara B.