<h1>A Christmas Miracle That Overcame&nbsp;Hate - Karen Hardin</h1>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://mcusercontent.com/1868b62ba50dc78bf57227c75/images/53f4ce4c-1168-9ff8-9853-aca583511102.jpg" alt="" width="224" height="126" style="float: left;" hspace="10/" />Messages from political leaders or media hosts have&nbsp;repeatedly stoked fear that freedoms will be lost and our&nbsp;democracy destroyed with this past election. These messages are intent on creating fear, hate and division.<br /><br /> Dr. Martin Luther King once said, <strong>“Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” </strong>Christmas opens the door for a miracle of love to be released.<br /><br /><strong>THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE</strong><br /> Forgiveness, hope and love can emerge in the most&nbsp;unexpected places and ways because of shared values—such as Christmas.<br /><br /> In a story almost forgotten in history, late on Christmas Eve 1914 during World War I, British soldiers in their trenches heard German soldiers, hunkered down in their trenches,&nbsp;singing Christmas carols. They reported that a few small Christmas trees with candles could be seen standing along the line of the trench. Even on Christmas eve, the German soldiers sitting in the dark, cold and wet trenches, mustered the Christmas spirit to sing. The trenches were close enough that the British soldiers heard it.&nbsp;</p>
