Hi Friends.. Greetings to you... What a wonderful week lies ahead of us as we are moving towards Christmas. It was the night before Christmas in 1870. French and German armies
faced each other on the field of battle in the Franco-Prussian War. A
French soldier started walking toward the German lines. His comrades
watched breathlessly, expecting to hear at any instant the crack of a
rifle that would end his life. As he neared the enemy lines, he stopped
and began singing, “Noel, noel! Noel, noel! Born is the King of Israel!”
No shot rang out.
Slowly the Frenchman returned to his ranks. There was silence! Then
from the German side came a lone soldier to that same spot and sang the
German version of the same song. After each stanza both armies united in
the chorus. For a few minutes Christ brought peace to that battlefield.
God is a peacemaker who always takes the first step. Jesus came as a
baby, and when He grew to manhood He preached peace to a warring world.
Then, in the greatest peace initiative this world has ever seen, Christ
made peace between God and man by dying for our sins.
Peacemaking efforts may be rejected, but the alternative is continued
hostility. God didn’t settle for that, nor should we. Let’s take the
first step in healing a broken relationship, even at the risk of being
“shot down.”
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