I can't help but think of the timeliness of this song ("I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" by Casting Crowns), even though Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the words over 150 years ago. Our country was divided - one ideology versus another. His family suffered from brokenness, life changing injury and death without warning. Sounds eerily familiar doesn't it?
We all struggle, at one time or another, with doubt and despair. We wonder if hate is overpowering love, if everything good and decent has been wiped out. Yet through it all, there remains a trace of optimism, a yearning for inspiration.
In the midst of his personal tragedies and in a country literally at war with itself, Longfellow reminds us that Christmas does bring the promise of Peace on earth, good will to all. There is more than hope - there is a living God and a newborn Savior. That's certainly some news worth ringing bells over.
Peace,
Mark
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