Blessed are the peacemakers

Dear Sister Jorgensen, the scriptures you shared during prayer meeting on Saturday were most helpful. I have pondered what it really means to be a peacemaker since then. Thanks.

You were there, Friday evening, to see that I tried to turn away hurtful words that one person said by making light of them, or turning them into a joke. I should not have done that and it was not proper. I must have conveyed my hurt a bit, however. Things did not seem as smooth after I told her that I was just a noisy creature who was trying to do the business at hand as quietly as possible. I had cut back from a roar to a meow. I said: "Sister, I am certain that I came here to be as noisy as possible--lol." I did not add, but could have, that my behavior, apparently, did not meet her standard but that her standard was extremely high. I must have overreacted to the criticism because the critical one went out of her way to be friendly on Saturday. In fact, she told me that she hoped we were still friends and hoped that I had not become angry with her on Friday. So much for trying to smile through her criticism. Blessed are the peacemakers. . .




Sometimes I am not among them.


The one problem that is making it difficult for me to be as objective as I might be, is that, since I am in a leadership position, I have had several sisters, all excellent workers like you, come to me and ask what they should do because that particular sister has offended them. Your scriptural consel was to always choose to be an affable person who loves others as the Savior loves us. 

Merilyn Jorgensen wrote: And sometimes the stress of the time doesn’t help us in handling little things that otherwise wouldn’t bother us.  “Peace” is a state of mind—though it comes only from the Prince of Peace, we have to embrace—and ask for it—with open hearts.  Circumstances always have many ‘sides’, interpreted many different ways.  I have a difficult time remembering that when I ‘react’ quickly, without thinking (which I usually do L )

Thanx for being my friend, I  Luv ya.  Merilyn