Dear Friends, Forgiveness and Peace! 6/9/17
“Who are you?” Asked
my cousin Henry. “I am Jimmy,
the youngest of the
six sons of Isaac and Meda Fitz.”
Henry began, “When
me and my first wife divorced, she
took about $7,000. I
have no resentment toward her.
The same goes for
the several people who stole money
or who didn’t pay
me for my electrical work. I could talk
to them today
without any hard feelings.
I responded, “That
is wonderful. That is great to hear.
What a gift and a
witness.”
“What do you do,
Jimmy?” Henry went on to ask me. “I
am working at
peacemaking. I do talks on making peace
with ISIS
nonviolently.” He responded. “But they are
awful, they would
kill you.”
I responded, “What
would you do if you went home
tonight and your
house was bombed, your family was
dead? And if a
group was formed to stop the bombing,
would you join them?
Oh no, I don’t believe in going to
war.
This shows the values in the upbringing of
our families.They planted seeds in me to focus my life on
peacemaking. I am very thankful for that.
I added to Henry, “Here is a flyer
I give out as part of my peacemaking.” “Ok, I’ll read it.
Thanks” said Henry.
Here’s our grandma
of everyone in our reunion at her
market stand.
Nearly all we descendants had a stand at market some
time in our life. Grammy helped start the markets in
York, PA.
One time when they
went to market in a horse and
buggy, they fell
asleep. And to their surprise the horses
turned around and
went back home.
Pray for peace with Isis.
Jim
My cousin’s name
is changed.
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