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One of the long-running jokes in our family involves my standard answer to the children (now all adults!) when they ask me what I want for my birthday or for Christmas. I understand that it’s a problem deciding what to give someone who already has more than enough of everything. And I’m not very helpful, admittedly. What is my usual reply to their question? The gift that I want is world peace.
Years ago one of my kids called my bluff, in a way. She took a small, cheap globe and then glued dried split peas over all the continents. I got what I asked for: world peas. It was actually beautiful, in its own way, with the bright green peas and the deep blue sea. I still have it. And it still reminds me of just how much I want what it represents: peace in the world.
This Sunday we’ll keep looking at the story of how Jesus’ love bathed the disciples throughout his life, especially at the end, and the beginning again, and then after the resurrection. We’ll listen as Jesus says to them (and to us), “Peace be with you.”
Read John 20:19-31. Then let’s worship together and listen to my message, “The Savior’s Love: Bringing Peace to the World.”
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