Looking around the world these days, cutting through the fog and - TopicsExpress

Looking around the world these days, cutting through the fog and fear of worldly anxiety and desire, here is what I want: I want every child to grow up in a home with a mom and a dad, with parents who tuck them into warm beds on cold nights with a kiss, a hug and prayers of assurance. I want the most innocent and vulnerable among us, pre-born children, to be protected under the rule of law. I want God’s gift of marriage to be celebrated, not redefined. I want our nation’s schoolchildren to walk in and out of their classrooms with a spirited and excited spring in their step, not looking over their shoulder or wondering if their school is safe. I want a world where we celebrate not denigrate our pastors, these brave and courageous individuals who extend God’s love to all people and who preach the Gospel with boldness and courage. I want to live in a colorblind society, among people who see the character of a person, not the pigment of their skin or their place on the social class ladder. I want our leaders to respect our religious freedoms and not force us to choose between violating our conscience and following the laws of the land. I want peace, not war – militarily, politically, physically, socially and emotionally. Mind you, I am not naïve. Ever since sin entered the world in the Garden of Eden, paradise has always been beyond our reach. But it is good, I believe, to look up from the misery and consider the miracle that is Christmas. By Jim Daly