4.6-How are peacemakers blessed?

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4.6
Blessed are the peacemakers. 

Matthew 5.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.



John Petree was a good friend of mine who had flown out of NE America to drop bombs on Russia if needed in a war situation.  After he left this work, as a follower of Jesus, he was always interested in reaching Russians with the good news of Jesus instead of the bad news of a nuclear war.  He found out about some friends going to Russia in 1993 for an outreach mission.  We made arrangements to join a group from Atlanta.



As we flew over Greenland I remember him looking down at it and saying the memories he had of flying over it many times to protect our nation.



We found the people there interested in meeting Americans and learning about our attitudes toward Russians.  We had great studies in the library of a major university.  John kept asking to meet someone from Russia who had done the same kind work for them.  Someone knew someone and they met.  This made John happy and with the tranlators help the meeting was great. The interchanges were full of joy and appreciation that instead of meeting with bombing and war they could meet with a sharing of understanding and knowledge.  The man invited us to his home for dinner.



We went with our translator.  The Russian pilot lived in a four bedroom apartment with his aged parents, his wife and a son and daughter in law and a baby.  We saw four generations of people who could have been destroyed by bombs.  Yet, here they were inviting us into their home and extending hospitality and peace to us.  This because John Petree had decided to follow Jesus, the prince of peace.  This because God had opened the door for us to be welcomed into Russia to talk about Jesus teachings.

 Matthew 5.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    for they will be called children of God.

Larry Wishard

4.5.17

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