It is just so complicated. They have fighting one way or another for 3000 years. It is easy to feel helpless. So far away. So hard to understand. So hard to make a change.
To things I am trying to do:
1) Pray: Mother Theresa always said she would never attend an anti-war rally. A peace rally, she was there. She didn’t want to give the thought of war any power at all. She simply wanted to give power to the thought of peace.
My reflection is to look at this map of the region, manifest the feeling of peace in my heart, and pour it into the region. With my eyes closed I see all the children of God interacting with each other as brothers and sisters. I see people living in peace, knowing that in God there is enough.
2) Bring Peace: I may not be able to bring peace in that region through my direct action, but any time I see lack of peace it provides me with contrast. It shows me how I don’t want the world to be and calls me to be a peacemaker in my life. In every choice and every action.
Be the prayer you wanted to see answered, for you are the Body of Christ in the world.