WAR & PEACE

It was during World War I--on Christmas Eve--that a "miracle" took place.  The American soldiers were camped on one side of a battlefield and the German soldiers were camped on the other side.

The gunfire had ceased for the night.  This allowed the soldiers to put down their guns and lift up their eyes to a star-lit sky.  Some soldiers started to remember that it was Christmas Eve!

The silence was broken when one lowly German soldier's voice could be heard singing "Silent Night."  Although he was singing in German, the Americans recognized the song.

An overwhelming PEACE, in the midst of a horrific WAR, began to blanket the battlefield.  PEACE began to penetrate hearts as the soldiers paused to worship and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Truly "The Prince of Peace" had come to comfort them!  It was, indeed, a "holy night"...it was a "Divine intervention!"  All hatred ceased and fear fled for that moment in time.

There's a line from an old hymn that I'd like to use as a prayer today:

"Let there be PEACE on earth...and let it begin with me."  Amen.