We don’t have a Civil War with guns and cannons raging right now in our land, but I feel like we have a civil war raging in our hearts and communities this year more than ever. I know many of you are carrying heavy burdens right now. I know I have certianly felt the sting of mortality in many ways this year. I thought this video so appropriate for 2020. The story of Longfellow’s “Christmas Bells”

. “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, good-will to men.”

I hope you believe and know that God does not sleep. He hears your prayers. He knows your sorrows and struggles. His son Jesus Christ came to this earth with healing in His wings to bless you, to guide you, to save you from sin and death. Listen for those bells like Longfellow did and find hope in today.