One Another - Part 1

Peacemakers refuse to objectify people, seeks reconciliation, and bring the Kingdom of God where it is not. Refusing to objectify others - making them the Other - makes room for the other two qualities of peacemaking.  Unintentional objectification can also occur. During a crisis, a person can become an object of pity or an object of our fears. Symptoms of this are over identification and over functioning. In both cases we cease to truly be with the person.  We need to express compassion and concern in a way that ennobles others. We are not meant to go through life alone. We need people around us to witness our pain and be with us. We need to stand together.  People in crisis aren't someone to be fixed. They are someone to be with. There is nothing more holy than when our hearts are wrapped around what God's heart is wrapped around. We are to be known by the love we have for one another (John 13:34-35).