Conflict Resolution
Blessed are those who resist the temptations of power, who refuse to gather it to themselves,
Blessed are the little ones who find new courage to claim and inhabit their own.
Blessed are those who absorb others’ hurts, who refuse to give back in like manner.
Blessed are those who keep in touch with their enemies, who refuse to let them go.
Praise to the God who overcomes all divisions, who bears the pain of our healing.
Psalm 149 in Out of the Silence … Into the Silence by Jim Cotter.
Cairns Publications, Harlech, 2006. Pp440-441. Used with permission.
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ,
and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is,
in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them,
and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
2 Corinthians 5: 18-19
Mothers’ Union in the diocese of Rockhampton is committed to promoting ‘stable family life’,
the protection of children and to helping to those in adversity:
may members find courage for their ministry and unity in purpose and love to heal any divisions.