12/14/2024
Between now and Christmas, we're sharing some favorite quotes, thoughts, truths about this season.
In the "Bastogne" episode of Band of Brothers, the soldiers of Easy Company are entrenched in the brutal cold and chaos of the Battle of the Bulge. In a quiet, brief moment -- when the fighting has ceased -- the German soldiers, also caught in the brutal conditions of the winter siege, begin to sing Christmas carols from their trenches. For a brief moment, in the midnight clear, the sound of their voices floats over the snow-covered fields, uniting men on both sides in an oddly beautiful experience of longing, grief, and the hope that peace might one day be possible.
Deep down, you, like the soldiers, are longing for the day when your voice joins the angels in rejoicing over the ultimate peace of God. No more war. No more pain and suffering. No more grief. Take hope! Christ hears your longing voice today!