Advent Calendar Day Four

Today I chose the beautifully melancholy "Someday at Christmas" by the incomparable Stevie Wonder. With all the events of late, it seemed so appropriate. I have never been able to hear this song without crying and that is more true now than ever.It is amazing to me how so many of us profess a belief in God and yet we can't seem to make peace a reality. My deepest prayer for this holiday  season is that Stevie Wonder's Someday does come.

Someday at Christmas there'll be no warsWhen we have learned what Christmas is forWhen we have found what life's really worthThere'll be peace on earth

"When we have found what life's really worth..." Every single life has worth. No matter where he is born or what color her skin. No matter who she calls God or he calls Mother. EVERY. SINGLE. LIFE. MATTERS. When we figure that out then "there'll be peace on earth."Maybe one day at Christmas time.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2014

Join the Advent Calendar here and watch the YouTube video.  I think this song is so important that I shared the entire song below.

Someday at Christmas men won't be boysPlaying with bombs like kids play with toysOne warm December our hearts will seeA world where men are free

Someday at Christmas there'll be no warsWhen we have learned what Christmas is forWhen we have found what life's really worthThere'll be peace on earthSomeday all our dreams will come to beSomeday in a world where men are freeMaybe not in time for you and meBut someday at ChristmastimeSomeday at Christmas we'll see a landWith no hungry children, no empty handOne happy morning people will shareOur world where people careSomeday at Christmas there'll be no tearsAll men are equal and no men have fearsOne shining moment, one prayer awayFrom our world todaySomeday all our dreams will come to beSomeday in a world where men are freeMaybe not in time for you and meBut someday at ChristmastimeSomeday at Christmas man will not failHate will be gone and love will prevailSomeday a new world that we can startWith hope in every heartSomeday all our dreams will come to beSomeday in a world where men are freeMaybe not in time for you and meBut someday at ChristmastimeSomeday at Christmastime