Calendar Curriculum: Jesus' Peace

A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse’s stump,
    from his roots a budding Branch.
The life-giving Spirit of God will hover over him

..His words will bring everyone to awed attention.
    A mere breath from his lips will topple the wicked.
Each morning he’ll pull on sturdy work clothes and boots,
    and build righteousness and faithfulness in the land.

The wolf will romp with the lamb,
    the leopard sleep with the kid.
Calf and lion will eat from the same trough,
    and a little child will tend them.
Cow and bear will graze the same pasture,
    their calves and cubs grow up together,
    and the lion eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child will crawl over rattlesnake dens,
    the toddler stick his hand down the hole of a serpent.
Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill
    on my holy mountain.
The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive,
    a living knowledge of God ocean-deep, ocean-wide... (from Isaiah 11:1-9, The Message)

Explain the Annunciation to your children: that God put a baby into Mary's tummy through a miracle. It was impossible, except that God can make something happen that is not even possible in our minds and bodies.

This is where Jesus becoming a baby began. Like a little green plant springing from a chopped down tree.

Jesus kingdom of peace started at His birth, but will not be perfect until he comes again, down to Earth from Heaven to rescue His kids for good! At that time, all people and animals will be kind to each other and fear will be gone!!