Pursuing Peace

  A retired couple alarmed by the threat of nuclear war undertook a serious study of all the inhabited places on the globe. Their goal was to determine where in the world would be the place to be least likely affected by a nuclear war. A place of ultimate security. They studied and traveled, and finally, they found the place. And on Christmas 1981, they sent their Christmas cards from their new home - in the Falkland Islands. However, their "paradise" was turned into a war zone four months later by Great Britain and Argentina in April 1982.

  Since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace less than eight percent of the time! In the Personel Journal study, the periodical discovered that of 3530 years of recorded history, only 286 years saw peace, and tragically, more than 8000 peace treaties were made--and broken. 

  Everyone wants peace. Whether you're a national leader sitting across a table from other world leaders, a businessman facing the pressures and deadlines at the office, a homemaker trying to corral the kids, or a student just trying to make it through the semester, everyone wants peace. But most of us would admit that we experience more stress than peace. So, how do we find real peace? This week, we’ll see what Peter says in I Peter 3.