BY STEVE DUNN
The news was ugly today. A little three year old boy shot in a road rage incident. He died. In what is suspected to be an Isis terrorist attack, a large truck plows into an open air Christmas market in Berlin killing nine and injuring many others. The Russian ambassador to Turkey gunned down as he gave a speech by a militant proclaiming retaliation for his country's participation in Syria's crushing of rebels in Aleppo, and the utter destruction city at the same time. Putin's dark response about retaliation of its own as the Middle East increasingly is feeling the presence of Russia siding with a decidedly antidemocratic Syrian regime. Double-digit deaths on American highways as a winter storm slams our nation. Bitter and angry protests as the Electoral College confirms the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Parents going into school to stop their son from launching an atack on his fellow students.
The list goes on and I haven't even gotten to the local scene of poverty, violence, abuse, financial scams targeting the aged and unsuspecting, racism and more.
On this Monday before Christmas our world desperately needs peace.
But not the peace that comes from Christmas truces, or politics and diplomacy; but a peace which will last. A peace only God can give.
" Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not
give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and
do not be afraid. - John 14.27
A peace that comes when people finally acknowledge the One who is the only true Prince Peace- Jesus Christ. And we need Him now.
Even so Lord Jesus, come quickly.
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