Peace Goals

by Wayne Holmes

Some religions seem to be telling us we can have whatever we want. Believe and persist in prayer, make known your requests to the Universe, ask and receive, or focus your mind on your desire and it will be manifested. Rarely do we hear religions or religious leaders who encourage us to focus on peace. If we could bring peace to ourselves and others, wouldn’t we find contentment with what we have? Instead of seeking more — which only results in taking care of more — why not change our goals and focus on things that will truly bring happiness such as peace and love?

In order to change our focus we must be intentional. It requires us to change our thinking from getting to giving, for only in creating peace and giving it away are we able to manifest it in our own lives, too. At this point the ego schemes and thinks: To get peace, I have to give it, so, okay, I’ll give it a try and see what happens. That rarely works, because the ultimate goal is based on a selfish motive. The best way to go about any spiritual endeavor is not to ask what’s in it for me — and this question often comes in subtle ways — but to realize, I am rich beyond measure, what can I give today that would benefit someone else. Of course, we’re not talking about money; we’re talking about our time and our spiritual gifts. By changing our thoughts from what can I get to what can I give, we open our lives to being peacemakers — a noble and useful goal.

About the Author: Pastor Wayne Holmes is an ordained minister with Divinity Spiritual Church and also Revelation Spiritual Church. He is the co-founder of Religious Recovery, an organization dedicated to healing wounds inflicted by religion or the religious. He is not opposed to religion, but he sees the hurts and endeavors to help.

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