Good News of Peace

Almost 200 years ago the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote a piece called “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”

I was struck recently by some of the lines of that song, when it says:

And in despair, I bowed my head: "There is no peace on earth," I said, "For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, goodwill toward 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, goodwill toward men."

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 of God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.”

Let’s be reassured by those words as we celebrate Christmas in a world that seems to have forgotten what real peace looks like.

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“Those of us who are followers of Jesus Christ can know His peace in our lives.”

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Acts 10:36

“This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.”