December 15 – Isaiah 7:10-17

I am sure I am not the only one who loves Isaiah 11:6. I love the imagery of two enemies of the animal kingdom laying down together, despite the way of the wild. For humans, peace seems to be so distant today. Terrorists plot and plan devious attacks designed to kill as many people as possible, for reasons that are difficult to understand in our comfortable houses, in our country of freedom for all. The cycle seems never ending, yet God tells us of the time when His perfect peace will be served.

I remember when the Berlin Wall came down. I thought that Germany would always be divided, I didn't see how that could change. Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I assuming that there would always be an nuclear threat hanging over our heads, that there would always be two countries called Germany. But the wall did come down, Germany is united again. Something that seemed impossible to a little girl happened. In my simplistic mind, that gives me hope for scourge of terrorism.

Thank God for hope, thank God for peace that we cannot understand.

by Kim Hoffman