Peace

This morning I am preparing for my weekly adventure in Preschool Chapel. I will be sharing with them about "peace". We have been talking about the "fruit of the Spirit". Love and Joy are pretty easy to describe to three and four year olds. But, how do you impress preschoolers with the importance of peace? Whether or not I am successful, I am convinced that it is a very pertinent subject for the next generation. Just this morning I was reading some commentary about a suggested connection in our culture between consumerism and loneliness. It seems that as materialism has risen so has depression. In the lives of so many peace has disappeared. Simon Zadek has commented "the market in general and rage to consume in particular has crowded out or undermined friendship". If the trend in our culture continues this group of preschoolers will need to understand that real peace comes through relationships and not stuff. It begins with a relationship with the Lord Jesus whom Paul the Apostle described as peace personified. It continues as the Spirit of God produces peace within us.