“Let There Be Peace on Earth”
By Voices of Hope Children’s Choir
Today is the 4th of July in the United States. Our family tradition is to watch the movie “Independence Day” where humanity is saved from the aliens invading. We love the humor of Will Smith and the universal tone. Near the end of the film Smith tries to fly the alien vessel only to discover the gear shift label is backwards. David, the IT nerd comments, “Let’s try this again without the ooops.” Our family loves that line and we often say it to each other as a way of laughing at our mistakes and expressing the togetherness that the 4th implies.
I have associated the song with Christmas but it can be sung all year round. According to Wikipedia Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller wrote the song in 1955 during a time in her life when she felt suicidal but experienced “life-saving joy of God’s peace and unconditional love.” An International Children’s Choir in Long Beach, CA performed it. In 2002 it was performed at the White House by a group of children from many nations.
May we thank God today for our freedoms but may we also have the humility to laugh at our mistakes and the mistakes of others and say, “Oooops, let’s try this again together.” May our prayer be that all are free and be able to live in peace with each other. Blessings.
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