I decided to start wrapping up the Beatitudes...What is fun is to research each of them individually and see what the brethren have stated on each of them...Tonight...I will combine "to be Merciful and to be a Peacemaker"...Tomorrow, will rap it up with the last of the Beatitudes...
"To Be Merciful"
"Our salvation rests upon the mercy we show to others. Unkind and cruel words, or wanton acts of cruelty toward man or beast, even though in seeming retaliation, disqualify the perpetrator in his claims for mercy when he has need of mercy in the day of judgment before earthly or heavenly tribunals. Is there one who has never been wounded by the slander of another whom he thought to be his friend? Do you remember the struggle you had to refrain from retribution? Blessed are all you who are merciful for you shall OBTAIN MERCY!"
"To be a Peacemaker"
"Peacemakers shall be called the children of God. The trouble-maker, the striker against law and order, the leader of the mob, the law-breaker are prompted by motives of evil and unless they desist will be known as the children of Satan rather than God. Withhold yourselves from him who would cause disquieting doubts by making light of sacred things for he seeks not for peace but to spread confusion. That one who is quarrelsome of contentious, and whose arguments are for other purposes than to resolve the truth, is violating a fundamental principle laid down by the Master, as an essential in the building of a full rich life. "Peace and goodwill to men on earth" was the angel song that heralded the birth of the Prince of Peace." (Luke 2:14)...
(Lee, "Decisions for Successful Living, Pages 55-62.)
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