Romans
5:6 - 11
Reconciliation is a miracle.
Whenever enemies make peace,
the impossible seems to happen.
Humans are capable of
tremendous love, but we are
also capable of enduring
enmity. It is hard for two
parties to retrace their steps,
to understand the other
position and to come to a new
level of peace. But it happens,
and it always seems to be a
miracle.
If
miracles are to happen, you
would expect them to reward
those who are good. You would
think that those who live in
peace would receive the added
blessings of God’s love. But
the miracle of reconciliation
often comes differently. It
often comes when one or both
parties are at fault. It comes
to those who have sinned.
Reconciliation happens to those
who seem not to deserve it.
God’s
ways are not our ways. God sent
Jesus to reconcile us, even
though we human beings are
sinners. And the miracle
doesn’t stop there. Having been
reconciled to God, having
experienced forgiveness, we can
experience the joy of
salvation. As St. Paul wrote to
the Romans, “Indeed, if, while
we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God through the
death of his Son, how much
more, once reconciled, will we
be saved by his life.”
When we
find ourselves at odds with
someone, we tend to withhold
reconciliation. We avoid making
peace because we feel hurt,
because we feel the offender
does not deserve peace. God
thinks differently. God created
reconciliation precisely with
sinners in mind.
