Advent Musing: Peace

Colossians 1:16 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."

This verse just called out, "peace", to me. It seems everything can be charged and risky when talking about politics and ideas about leaders these days... I've sat by listening to  discussions about political agendas in coffee shops. With how intricate and calculated people have made plans to gain power, it can cause anxiety that what is right will not be upheld or represented, just what has the best planner. 

This verse made me breath a sigh of relief because all the powers and authority were not only created by him, but for him. God with the greater goal of reconciliation and redemption is behind it all. Not a sinful and limited in perspective human. Ah, sigh. Peace in the midst.