Throughout Scripture, we can see how peace is something near to God’s heart. Even though people chose to break their relationship with God, God made a way to fix that relationship through Jesus. And because we reflect God’s image, making peace with others should be a priority for us as well. That’s why we’re taking the first three weeks of March to highlight some passages and stories about peace to help kids understand more about how they can be peacemakers in their world.
Peace is more than something to consider in our relationships with others. Peace is something that starts with how God relates to us through Jesus. From the start, God wanted a close relationship with people. Even when people broke that relationship, God continued working for the sake of peace.
Ultimately, God made it possible for us to have peace through Jesus. When Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead, He made peace between God and us. Because of the peace that Jesus made possible, not only can we spend forever with God . . . but also we can experience true peace, knowing that God loves us and wants a relationship with us. This is what we remember at Easter as we celebrate that Jesus is alive!