Where Can I Turn for Peace?
WHERE CAN I TURN FOR PEACE? At Christmas time we sing, “Let there be Peace on earth” (by Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller 1955) On this earth however, we are experiencing anything but peace! War continues to rage in our beloved Ukraine, and in the Holy land , where the “Prince of Peace” was born and where he taught his “Gospel of Peace”, war is also raging! Dallon H. Oaks reminds us that, “If citizens do not have a basic goodness to govern their actions toward one another, we can never achieve peace in the world.” (April Gen Conference 1990) We obviously do not control the nations of our world, not the armies or navies or the weapons of war. Still, Christ encouraged us when he said; “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27.) and “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulations: bu