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The First Foundation to Peace is Love. (an excerpt from Dr. Newberger' book, "Hope in the Face of Conflict").
What does God’s love mean for us when it comes to our making peace with each other? It means that even before the process of peacemaking begins, despite the hurt and pain, each offended party must have the will to find peace with the other side based on their ability to love. As with God, so with us. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, no stranger to conflict, said in no uncertain terms that the reason you love your enemies, even if they are the worst persons you have ever encountered, is because that is what God does.
Christian theologian, Miroslav Volf, from war-torn Yugoslavia and well known for his writings on conflict resolution, stated, “The will to embrace precedes any ‘truth’ about others and any reading of their action with respect to justice…. It transcends the moral mapping of the social world into ‘good’ and ‘evil.’” When it comes to making peace, the will to express love is foundational.
Such an orientation is not something that has to be artificially generated. Because we are made in the image of God, we are by nature predisposed to love. To demonstrate this assertion, see Appendix 1, entitled, “When Love Fails.” It examines how basic love is to our well-being. It drives home the indisputable point that the capacity to love and be loved is intrinsic to human beings in the same way that God’s love is an intrinsic part of his essence.
That said, I hasten to add that the capacity to love in no way mitigates the reality of injustice and its need to be addressed. Nevertheless, as John Paul Lederach, a world-renowned peacemaker stated, constructive social changes in the midst of destructive conflict cannot occur without love. Justice, though a condition for peace, is insufficient in and of itself to produce peace. Justice ensures that people are accountable for the wrongs they commit, but being held accountable does not build relations. “Some form of communion — some form of positive relationship — needs to be established if the victim and perpetrator are to be fully healed.” It is toward this end that this book is dedicated. Its entire thrust is to unpack the concrete and practical stages of transforming enemies into friends.
The starting point for God in his plan to make peace with humanity began with his nature to love regardless of the sins people committed against him. Being made in the image of God, we have the capacity to do the same. Love, therefore, is the first foundation of the Judeo-Christian model of peacemaking. Only love has the power to reconcile.
About Lowes Island VA
According to NeighborhoodScout.com, "the Lowes Island neighborhood is wealthier than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Residents here are truly in a unique situation even when compared to other Americans, based on the sheer amount of wealth concentrated here. Even in times of economic downturn, residents of this neighborhood, as a group, suffered less and recovered more quickly. This is indeed a stand-out characteristic of this neighborhood."
Perhaps even more fascinating is that "this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the Lowes Island neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here."
One resident commented that Lowes Island is "the best place I have ever lived. Amazing country club community right outside of Tysons Corner. It is a beautiful community with the gorgeous Potomac river and Seneca park right down the street. Walks in the park on the Potomac River are my favorite times."
Said another resident, "Overall, it is a very peaceful neighborhood and it has a lot of friendly people who are willing to step forward and help each other out. It is also very clean and organized, and there are a lot of dogs in the neighborhood!"
A third Lowes Island resident was equally positive saying the community is "a very safe place to live. It is a very clean place with good neighbors. It has a very good community services, public school, and real state market. You also have a very quick access to grocery shopping, restaurants, and Dulles town center mall."
Clearly, Lowes Island VA is a very special place to live, work, and visit. This does not mean, however, that the community is free from the problems that plague marriages everywhere else. The good news is Dr. Newberger has an office in nearby Reston VA. He offers a cutting-edge alternative process to traditional marriage counseling for Lowes Island couples. If you need guidance to improve your relationship, call Dr. Newberger (Ph.D., Conflict Analysis & Resolution) at 703-483-0031. Discuss your situation at no cost. [keywords: "marriage counseling Lowes Island," "marriage counseling Lowes Island VA," "Lowes Island marriage counseling"].
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