Almost 200 years ago the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote a piece called “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”  It is surprising how applicable the words of that poem still are.  Those words were put to music and we still sing the carol at Christmas time.  I was struck recently by some of the lines of that song.  It says:

And in despair I bowed my head:"There is no peace on earth," I said,"For hate is strong and mocks the songOf peace on earth, good will to men."Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep;The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,With peace on earth, good will to men."

Things do seem pretty hopeless in our world at times.  But at Christmas we are reminded of that great love of God. and that He is still on His throne and we can trust Him.  The angels sang to the shepherds of Bethlehem, “Glory to God in the highest.  Peace on earth and goodwill to men.”  Let’s be reassured by those words as we celebrate Christmas in a world that seems to have forgotten what real peace looks like. 

Those of us who are followers of Jesus Christ can know His peace in our lives.  As we read in Acts 10:36: “You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.”

Let’s share that message with others in our world this holiday season. These are the greatest days to reach our world.This is Andrew Palau