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Where Can I Turn For Peace?

I woke this morning to hear of a Taliban attack on a school.

A school.

Unbelievable. As in, it literally defies belief.

And yet, it has become an all-too-common refrain. We hear all the time about attacks on innocents. I suppose the object is to terrify, to use tactics that are reprehensible in an effort to gain some sort of legitimacy. The logic fails me, but I'm not sure logic has anything to do with it.

Such things are pure evil.

In this Christmas season, we look for ways to share light and warmth. We look to the Savior as the Prince of Peace. We try to hear the herald angels sing of peace on earth and good will toward men. But there seems to be a distinct lack of peace, ranging from large-scale conflicts on a national scale, to the continued degradation of familial relations.

We are taught that we have reason to rejoice, yet we live in a world that is so often steeped in violence and trouble...

In that spirit, I offer the following:



I don't know why God allows such things to happen. I don't. I believe God loves His children. I believe He has a plan for the salvation of His children - for each of us. I believe He wants us to be happy. But I don't know why tragedies have to happen. I don't know why there has to be strife and discord and hate and suffering. People deserve to be happy, and I believe we were ever intended to be happy.

I guess the challenge is to find ways to carry on, to continue sharing light in a world where there is so much darkness. There are reasons to rejoice. The world is not evil yet. And we have hope that in time the right will prevail. If we can but endure...

If we can but endure.

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