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Peace on Earth! Christmas candlelight prayer circle at Lanna Theological Center
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This world is in turmoil. It seems every time we turn on the television, open a newspaper, go online, we see and read of horrific events taking place at home and around the world: Paris, San Bernadino. It seems our very way of life is being threatened.
In the United States we are entering into a new round of political rhetoric as we gear up for the next presidential election. Who is the best person to lead our country for the next four years? Who best exemplifies who we are as a people, as a nation? Or perhaps we are trying to figure out WHO we are as a nation.
Turmoil, confusion seems to rule the day. How can we sing Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Man?
And then I am reminded of the words of the prophet Isaiah. Life was no less peaceful for Isaiah and Israel as it is for us today. And yet Isaiah took hope in the coming Prince of Peace.
We have that same hope, in the Child of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ. We can rejoice because the Prince of Peace has come, and is coming again! We know who we are as a people of God's kingdom. We can rest secure in the righteousness of His Kingdom and the sovereignty of His rule.
Because that Child has been given to us we can sing Peace on Earth, Goodwill towards Men.
May your Christmas season be one of Peace and Joy as you celebrate the birth of our Christ with your family and friends.
The Filbeck Family
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