Advent // Peace
Our Whole Existence is Ravaged by Conflict
It's in Our World...
It's in Our Nations...
It's in Our Cities...
It's in Our Communities...
It's in Our Homes...
It's in Our Hearts and Our Minds...
Peace Means So Many Different Things to Different People
Peace May Be Ease from Conflict...
Peace May Be Ease from Noise...
Peace May Be Ease from Torment...
Peace May Be Ease from Busyness...
Peace May Be Ease from Pain...
For Some People It May Be Found in A Treaty…
For Some It May Be Found in a Place…
For Some It May Be Found in An Embrace…
For Some It Is Found in a Symbol…
For Some It Is Found in Solace…
For Some It Is Found in A Smile…
Some Think It Is Accomplished by Negotiation...
Some Think It Is Accomplished by Meditation...
Some Think It Is Accomplished by Separation...
Some Think It Is Accomplished by Location...
Some Think It Is Accomplished by Reconciliation...
Some Think It Is Accomplished by Medication...
But for Most of Our World it Remains an Elusive State of Being...
God Has Come, and He Has Provided a Lasting Peace for Us! Not Just a Fleeting Moment or an Elusive Dream...
Romans 5:1 (NIV)
“Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
God Loved Us So Much that He Sent His Son to Redeem Mankind and Restore Our Peace with Him.
Judges 6:23-24 (NIV)
“But the Lord said to him, ‘Peace! Do not be afraid. You are not going to die.’ So, Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord is Peace.”
2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NIV)
“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.”
