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and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are<br />
filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the<br />
end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls’ (1 Peter 1:8–9).<br />
So, be encouraged! To believe without seeing is the kind of faith<br />
that truly pleases God. Such faith brings joy today and great hope for<br />
tomorrow! It also brings us an increasing peace. Once we ourselves<br />
have this peace, we have a secure foundation for pursuing peace in<br />
our own relationships as well as becoming agents of peace and<br />
reconciliation in the wider world – which is the calling Jesus has for<br />
his Church.<br />
PERFECT PEACE AND<br />
WELLBEING IN THE AGE TO<br />
COME<br />
To reflect on the latter part of the timeline showing the stages of<br />
God’s plan for our lives, it may be helpful to start with an illustration<br />
from the Second World War. Just as on ‘D-Day’, 6 June 1944, the<br />
allies successfully established a bridgehead in northern France,<br />
ensuring Hitler’s eventual defeat, so through his life, death and<br />
resurrection, Jesus won the decisive battle in history, ushering in the
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