Making peace, even in the small areas of life, is hard. But I believe that when we’re peaceful in the small things, somehow God uses those circumstances to teach us how to also make peace in the big areas of life too. Perhaps because of my childhood church experience, I ended up with a very bleak view of peacemaking. To be completely honest, I just didn’t know how to do it. On the journey, Jesus taught me what making peace is about. He opened my eyes to the fact that I needed to learn that peace—