Peace on earth? It begins right in your own heart.

It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world’s healing hinges, but on His.

~~Corrie Ten Boom

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

As we near the Christmas season, we sing carols that describe the hope of peace on earth. Corrie ten Boom, living through the heinous evil of the concentration camps in World War II, deeply understood the depravity of the human soul without Christ. Healing for the world will not come through human goodness or even our ability to forgive others. We are fallible, imperfect, and, without Christ, unable to truly display those noble characteristics. And even if we can act with forgiveness and goodness, who’s to say everyone else on the planet is willing and able?

Healing will only occur because of Christ’s forgiveness and goodness. Only he can change hearts. Only he can take the darkness and bring light. Only he can heal the sickness of sin. Only he can offer us his righteousness.

Peace on earth? It begins right in your own heart.  

Prayer for Meditation

Peace on earth begins with me. In my heart today, Lord, give me your peace.

Scripture for Meditation – Psalm 40:2

But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. Malachi 4:2

Music for Meditation

Love Comes Down 

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