One Peace

“And I’m Still in One Peace


Still in One Peace


We are blessed we are broken


Every day a chance

 to be
 One together again”

Still in One Peace by Peter Mayer

“7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”  Phil 4:7

I just love Peter’s line, “we are blessed we are broken.” Those six words accurately describe what Martin Luther and the Reformers (sounds like the name of a group, doesn’t it?)  described “simul justus et peccato” which means at the same time justified and a sinner. We have then shortened that translation to be “Saint and Sinner.”

So in one piece we are sinner and saint. And because of that designation we have “one peace” in Jesus Christ.

Our Faith Formation team at church each have a t-shirt that reads “Saint” and “Sinner” depending on how one sees it.

It isn’t one or the other, it is “both-and.”

Today is a good day to acknowledge your Saint/Sinner identity. May it hold you in one peace.

Blessings,

rtg