By Vermini Sanasam
‘Blessed are the peace-makers, they shall be called the children of God’.
(Matt. 5:9)
Peace is the crying need of the hour. People all over the world are yearning and hungering for peace. There is very little peace within communities, within nations and religions today. They are also often at conflict with one another. Peace is impossible without love and unity.
True love is forgiving, enduring and self-sacrificing. This is the nature of the divine love that God showered upon human kind in and through his son Jesus Christ, the Lord of love and prince of peace. A civilization of love and a culture of peace in the world can be built only by this strong ‘Corner Stone’ - that God in his great love has laid in human history. It is by being united to Christ and by being united to one another in and through him that we can find true and lasting peace within us and among us in the world. True peace consists of three important dimension: personal, social and environmental. It encompasses the economic, social religious, cultural and political aspects of life. Peace is an all inclusive phenomenon. It is not the mere absence of war and violence. At a personal level it demands repentance, and forgiveness. Socially it requires- justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. Environmentally it needs eco-friendly technologies, renewable energy sources, organic farming and a simple life style. Peace also implies sustainable development and freedom from corruption. The consu-meristic culture and materialistic philosophy are destructive to mankind and environmental. A true activist of peace has to first of all over come the temptations of consumerism and materialism. He/she also has to struggle for justice, liberty, equality and fraternity in the society. We, the disciples of Christ are called to be instruments of peace in our respective areas of work and parts of the world following the path of our divine master.
This is the challenging life mission entrusted to us by God. Our part of the world is Manipur, India. We need to work selflessly, fearlessly and tirelessly for peace in Manipur. So- the Bible says - For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing will be there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:16,17,18). This will mean united effort and joint action for sustainable development and freedom from corruption. Peace is impossible without sustainable development and sustainable development is impossible without justice. In a society of wide-spread corruption, justice is impossible. It is in a struggle for freedom from corruption that we can give a practical expression to our commitment to justice and peace. In such a struggle the non-violent method of suffering love of Lord Jesus Christ is the path of liberation. Mahatma Gandhi demonstrated to the world how to apply the path of Christ for the political freedom of India. Now we have to use this methodology once again, but in a more powerful way for liberating our society from its slavery to corruption. This is the challenge of the era. We need a concerted and united effort to liberate the Mani-puri society from injustice, corruption and violence. This has to begin with peace and justice in our personal lives. We also need to launch a nation-wide struggle in the form of a Gandhian Liberative campaign for corruption free Government and clean public life in Manipur.
Can the Christian Chur-ches in Manipur become the salt of the earth and light of the world in this historic mission of helping people find peace within themselves and of creating a corruption-free society in this State? The National Regeneration Movement (NRM) initiated during the Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence provides an ideal platform for this last of the era. NRM is now being transformed into a second freedom struggle for the economic social and moral freedoms of India as envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi. Peace and value education and a corruption free India are important objectives of National Regeneration Movement.
Today the whole world is going through a deep crisis of values. Violence and terrorism are on the increase we the disciples of Christ are called to be at our best when the world is at its worst. We need to be effective instruments of God for healing, reconciliation and peace. In order to respond effectively to this call, we the members of different Christian Chur-ches need to be united in Christ. This was Jesus prayer to God our Father. (John 17:21) we need to work with ‘one accord’ as the early Christians did (Acts 2:44-47) for a culture of peace in the world. Lord Jesus is the centre of Christian unity for the mission of peace. His path of the cross is the common path in this mission. The vision of the ‘Kingdom of God’ - Love, Unity and Peace presented - to humanity by him is an inclusive vision. Every person, saints and sinners, men and women, rich and poor, married and single, old and young, ‘Jews and gentiles’ .. all alike, are included in the vision of the kingdom of God presented by Lord Jesus Christ. The ‘sermon on the mount’ that greatly inspired Mahatma Gandhi contains within it an integral spirituality for the reign of God on earth. The vision, spirituality and the path of realize that vision presented by Lord Jesus Christ, together constitute the basis of true and lasting peace in the world. What is urgently needed today is a ‘special task force’ of disciples who are prepared to dedicate their lives for the mission of peace following the path of their divine master. Let us join hands and work together for promoting a culture of peace in the world base on ecumenical unity and cooperative action, we United Christian Women Manipur (UCWM) is not part of any particular church. It accepts and respects all denominational churches as part of the ‘one body of Christ’. It aims at Christian unity and harmony. United Christian Women Manipur is spiritually affiliated to our precious Lord Jesus Christ. It promotes a deep and abiding communion with Lord Jesus Christ and among the members of UCWN through Lord Jesus Christ the Prince of peace and son of God. Jesus said to his disciples. ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest’ (Matt 9:37,38). We Christian are all his disciples.
Today we need many more courageous men and women to join this ecumenical communion of love. All those committed to peace and sustainable development following the path of Christ are most welcome to join the UCWM. Together we shall work for a culture of peace and values in Mani-pur and the world. Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Prince of peace. In and through him God blessed us with peace that the world cannot give or take away from us, and the peace that is beyond human understanding. We the disciples of Lord Jesus Christ are called to be the instruments of this true and lasting peace on earth. The world so desperately needs this peace from us today. Manipur and the world are crying out for the healing touch that only the disciples of Lord Jesus Christ can give at this stage in the wounded history of humanity. Let us love one another fervently and let there be unity in the churches and in the families. It should bring peace and harmony in our State. Let us keep marching on realising that love and unity are the hallmark of true discipleship of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Bible Love:
a) ‘By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another’. (John 13:17)
b) ‘These things I command you that you love one another’. (John 15:17)
Unity:
a) ‘Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brother and sisters dwell in unity’. (Psamls 133:1-3)
b) ‘You may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’. (Romans 15:6)
May the Lord lead and guide us to work together for the extension of his kingdom and may the good Lord increases love, unity and peace among his people through United Christian Women prayer Ministry, Halle- luyah Amen
The Sangai Express
‘Blessed are the peace-makers, they shall be called the children of God’.
(Matt. 5:9)
Peace is the crying need of the hour. People all over the world are yearning and hungering for peace. There is very little peace within communities, within nations and religions today. They are also often at conflict with one another. Peace is impossible without love and unity.
True love is forgiving, enduring and self-sacrificing. This is the nature of the divine love that God showered upon human kind in and through his son Jesus Christ, the Lord of love and prince of peace. A civilization of love and a culture of peace in the world can be built only by this strong ‘Corner Stone’ - that God in his great love has laid in human history. It is by being united to Christ and by being united to one another in and through him that we can find true and lasting peace within us and among us in the world. True peace consists of three important dimension: personal, social and environmental. It encompasses the economic, social religious, cultural and political aspects of life. Peace is an all inclusive phenomenon. It is not the mere absence of war and violence. At a personal level it demands repentance, and forgiveness. Socially it requires- justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. Environmentally it needs eco-friendly technologies, renewable energy sources, organic farming and a simple life style. Peace also implies sustainable development and freedom from corruption. The consu-meristic culture and materialistic philosophy are destructive to mankind and environmental. A true activist of peace has to first of all over come the temptations of consumerism and materialism. He/she also has to struggle for justice, liberty, equality and fraternity in the society. We, the disciples of Christ are called to be instruments of peace in our respective areas of work and parts of the world following the path of our divine master.
This is the challenging life mission entrusted to us by God. Our part of the world is Manipur, India. We need to work selflessly, fearlessly and tirelessly for peace in Manipur. So- the Bible says - For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing will be there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (James 3:16,17,18). This will mean united effort and joint action for sustainable development and freedom from corruption. Peace is impossible without sustainable development and sustainable development is impossible without justice. In a society of wide-spread corruption, justice is impossible. It is in a struggle for freedom from corruption that we can give a practical expression to our commitment to justice and peace. In such a struggle the non-violent method of suffering love of Lord Jesus Christ is the path of liberation. Mahatma Gandhi demonstrated to the world how to apply the path of Christ for the political freedom of India. Now we have to use this methodology once again, but in a more powerful way for liberating our society from its slavery to corruption. This is the challenge of the era. We need a concerted and united effort to liberate the Mani-puri society from injustice, corruption and violence. This has to begin with peace and justice in our personal lives. We also need to launch a nation-wide struggle in the form of a Gandhian Liberative campaign for corruption free Government and clean public life in Manipur.
Can the Christian Chur-ches in Manipur become the salt of the earth and light of the world in this historic mission of helping people find peace within themselves and of creating a corruption-free society in this State? The National Regeneration Movement (NRM) initiated during the Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence provides an ideal platform for this last of the era. NRM is now being transformed into a second freedom struggle for the economic social and moral freedoms of India as envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi. Peace and value education and a corruption free India are important objectives of National Regeneration Movement.
Today the whole world is going through a deep crisis of values. Violence and terrorism are on the increase we the disciples of Christ are called to be at our best when the world is at its worst. We need to be effective instruments of God for healing, reconciliation and peace. In order to respond effectively to this call, we the members of different Christian Chur-ches need to be united in Christ. This was Jesus prayer to God our Father. (John 17:21) we need to work with ‘one accord’ as the early Christians did (Acts 2:44-47) for a culture of peace in the world. Lord Jesus is the centre of Christian unity for the mission of peace. His path of the cross is the common path in this mission. The vision of the ‘Kingdom of God’ - Love, Unity and Peace presented - to humanity by him is an inclusive vision. Every person, saints and sinners, men and women, rich and poor, married and single, old and young, ‘Jews and gentiles’ .. all alike, are included in the vision of the kingdom of God presented by Lord Jesus Christ. The ‘sermon on the mount’ that greatly inspired Mahatma Gandhi contains within it an integral spirituality for the reign of God on earth. The vision, spirituality and the path of realize that vision presented by Lord Jesus Christ, together constitute the basis of true and lasting peace in the world. What is urgently needed today is a ‘special task force’ of disciples who are prepared to dedicate their lives for the mission of peace following the path of their divine master. Let us join hands and work together for promoting a culture of peace in the world base on ecumenical unity and cooperative action, we United Christian Women Manipur (UCWM) is not part of any particular church. It accepts and respects all denominational churches as part of the ‘one body of Christ’. It aims at Christian unity and harmony. United Christian Women Manipur is spiritually affiliated to our precious Lord Jesus Christ. It promotes a deep and abiding communion with Lord Jesus Christ and among the members of UCWN through Lord Jesus Christ the Prince of peace and son of God. Jesus said to his disciples. ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest’ (Matt 9:37,38). We Christian are all his disciples.
Today we need many more courageous men and women to join this ecumenical communion of love. All those committed to peace and sustainable development following the path of Christ are most welcome to join the UCWM. Together we shall work for a culture of peace and values in Mani-pur and the world. Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God and Prince of peace. In and through him God blessed us with peace that the world cannot give or take away from us, and the peace that is beyond human understanding. We the disciples of Lord Jesus Christ are called to be the instruments of this true and lasting peace on earth. The world so desperately needs this peace from us today. Manipur and the world are crying out for the healing touch that only the disciples of Lord Jesus Christ can give at this stage in the wounded history of humanity. Let us love one another fervently and let there be unity in the churches and in the families. It should bring peace and harmony in our State. Let us keep marching on realising that love and unity are the hallmark of true discipleship of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Bible Love:
a) ‘By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another’. (John 13:17)
b) ‘These things I command you that you love one another’. (John 15:17)
Unity:
a) ‘Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brother and sisters dwell in unity’. (Psamls 133:1-3)
b) ‘You may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’. (Romans 15:6)
May the Lord lead and guide us to work together for the extension of his kingdom and may the good Lord increases love, unity and peace among his people through United Christian Women prayer Ministry, Halle- luyah Amen
The Sangai Express
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