{"id":2176,"date":"2011-12-05T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2011-12-05T11:49:26","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T15:49:26","slug":"an-advent-sermon-on-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/05\/an-advent-sermon-on-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"An Advent Sermon on Peace…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read this week that the phrase, security blanket, was actually invented by<\/strong> Linus van Pelt. Linus\u2019 sister, Lucy was always bothered by Linus\u2019 attachment to that blanket. She tried to make Linus drop it. She stole it and hid it. Once she cut it up to make shapes for a flannel-graph. Another time she cut it into squares for Linus to use to clean his glasses. She once made a kite out of it and \u201caccidentally\u201d let go of it. Another time Lucy buried the blanket, causing a frantic Linus to dig up almost the entire neighborhood before Snoopy found it.<\/p>\n

Why would she do that? Because she was the annoying big sister. Because she was Lucy.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of Lucys in this world<\/strong>. In fact, it sometimes seems that the whole world is nothing but a mean old Lucy who tries to prevent us from having any kind of peace of mind.<\/p>\n

Now the Bible doesn\u2019t speak about security blankets, but it does speak of being secure. The Bible speaks about being safe \u2014 about peace.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what this podcast is about today: Peace.\u00a0If you\u2019re looking for peace, give it a listen.<\/strong><\/p>\n