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If You’re Worried and You can’t Sleep.

Bullets flew as evil forces rushed in and dashed the dreams and snuffed out the precious lives of children and the teachers that cared for them.  This stood as one of the most shocking events in quite some time.   And the destruction of these little ones expounded the horror into a new realm.  The shootings in Connecticut this year stand to remind us there is still evil in the world.  One of my favorite hymns is still poignant “for hate is strong and mocks the song of peace on earth good will to men.”  Sometimes it seems “there is no peace on earth”.  If you look for it, even on years when there isn’t a tragic event like this that takes place, there is and always will be evil in the world.  So how can you ever have a Merry Christmas with so much hate and pain and strife?  A simple song has been ever present in my head this year.  And it is not a Christmas carol.  It is from one of my favorite Christmas movies, “White Christmas”.   Which some, including at time myself, argue is