This Christmas, Bless the Peacemakers

 Christmas is a tough time for peacekeepers. Like the line from the song says,  "'There is no peace on earth,' I said."
  From Ukraine to Israel, war rages. 
  But, If we cannot stop war, we should stop long enough this Christmas Day to thank those who are the peacekeepers, those who negotiate for peace, those who free the prisoners and hostages, and those who provide humanitarian assistance.
   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow concluded his poem with hope. 
     "Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
     "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
      "The Wrong shall fail,
      "The Right prevail,
      "With peace on earth, good-will to men."