Christ Jesus, whose words cut to our very hearts, let us not forget that your kingdom and it ways are foreign to this world, that we would anticipate strife and division yet place ourselves in your willing, powerful, and loving hands, through you who reigns in glory with the Father and Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
‘Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!’ – Luke 12:51