This is a precarious project.
There’s method to how he starts it. He gets one man from one family to link up with one woman from another family. He says to both that they should leave their respective ties to make a brand new tie together. He then gets them to develop that tie in experiences of trust. He expects them to develop that over time.
Then he adds offspring into the mix with the challenge that the same trust they develop between themselves of faithfulness, devotion and commitment are the same qualities their offspring will develop. That would be expressed upwards to them, sideways to their siblings and beyond to those outside the environment as the standard of life.
There’s method to that thinking, because as well as that, he also wants them to develop that community of trust with other individuals and families under the common bond of the peace he gives. A peace that brings wholeness through relationships built on righteousness.
It’s not flawless because it depends on flawed people. It’s not pain-free because it depends on pain-filled people processing the pain through the healing offered through the Prince of Peace. It’s not easy, but it’s worthwhile. It’s not fanciful, but it is fruitful.
There is no doubting, though, that this is a precarious project.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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