Hope holds on. Peace lets go.
Hope leads us, again and again, to that humble home in
Bethlehem, David’s City, to kneel before the Prince of Peace. Peace has us lay
down our decommissioned armaments of gold, incense, and myrrh in homage. The
gold that insulates our hearts against our neighbours; the strength of our arm,
and the burden of anxiety that weighs down on us in times of financial crisis.
The incense of negotiation with our god, traditional deities or luck, the
Universe, striking a deal that they might look down on us with favour. The
myrrh of magical thinking, or denial, by which we seek to embalm the dead,
preserve ourselves against our loss. Every weapon in our arsenal laid down,
left behind, as we go home by a different route, the Way of Peace.
All hell breaks loose against the peacemakers. Yet,
they are blessed. For they shall be called the children of God.
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