God's answers are here, in the words you already know how to speak. They have come, but they have come softly like small mercies. We might overlook as we search the skies for the grander miracles we desire. So, wait, anticipate, seek, look, and find. The answers are there for our finding. Are we willing to accept them? Will dare the joy of living them? 

Peace, when sought for its own sake, is elusive; but, when we seek to be peacemakers for others, it comes back a hundredfold. “It is in giving that we receive.” The best way to discover peace for ourselves is to seek to create peace in our family and in our workplace, and among the poor, struggling, and oppressed. John the Baptist challenges us to prepare for the arrival of Christ by bearing fruit worthy of repentance, and so we end where we began. What are we will to do for

The world was created beautifully, with a divine vision set before us, but along the way, we have broken some things. It matters, though, that what has been broken can be made whole! There is hope and a promise. In the midst of the stormy voyage, with bristling winds and frothy seas, we can set our eyes on a godly vision, where the sword shall not be lifted and war learned no more. It matters that we can catch sight of the shore and walk in the light of the Lord.