While the world often seems to be in turmoil there is another side.
We constantly hear of political wrangling, nation against nation and rattling swords, personal and family squabbles, corporate battles, even school ground fights and discord. The Bible, that chronicle of the past and predictor of the future, promises a time when, after the people of the world reach a level of maturity, there will be a time of peace.
In the Book of Isaiah, we read of a time when:
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. “ Isaiah 11
But, for those whose eyes are open, we can even now see signs in our own time when that sense of peace and acceptance are “here and now.”
I love the promise depicted in these two pictures and I pray to be ever more alert to recognize the signs of peace and love all around us.
Can we each do our best to emulate this promised “coming together in love and acceptance” demonstrated by our little "role models" pictured here?
We constantly hear of political wrangling, nation against nation and rattling swords, personal and family squabbles, corporate battles, even school ground fights and discord. The Bible, that chronicle of the past and predictor of the future, promises a time when, after the people of the world reach a level of maturity, there will be a time of peace.
In the Book of Isaiah, we read of a time when:
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. “ Isaiah 11
But, for those whose eyes are open, we can even now see signs in our own time when that sense of peace and acceptance are “here and now.”
I love the promise depicted in these two pictures and I pray to be ever more alert to recognize the signs of peace and love all around us.
Can we each do our best to emulate this promised “coming together in love and acceptance” demonstrated by our little "role models" pictured here?
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