If you have been reading, you have probably picked up on the fight for peace that sometimes rages on. It is a fight worth fighting and a war already won. More on that later . . .

But for now- I found this hymn that I don’t recall singing before, but wow, beautiful words. I added a few extra lines, a simple prayer: Sweet Spirit of Peace, still my heart.

Come, Holy Spirit, still my heart

With gentleness divine

Indwelling peace you can impart

O make that blessing mine

Give me a heart of calm repose

Amid the world’s loud roar

A life that like a river flows

Along a peaceful shore

Come, Holy Spirit, breathe that peace

That victory make me win

Then shall my soul it’s conflict cease

And find a heaven within

(John B. Dykes)