God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things by making peace through Christ's blood shed on the cross.

Colossians 1 verses 19 through 20.

Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our reading titled Making Peace in Jesus was written by John Blaze and read by Stephen Tabor.

Colossians chapter 1 verses 15 through 20.

The sun is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

For in him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth,

visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers were authorities. All things have been

created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together, and he is the head of the body,

the church. He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might

have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him and through him to reconcile to himself

all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood shed on the

cross. Making peace in Jesus, written by John Blaze.

Highwire artist Philippe Petit became famous in 1971 when he walked a tightrope between the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Three years later, he got arrested for an unauthorized walk between the Twin Towers that once distinguished New York skyline. But in 1987, Patti's walk looked different.

At the invitation of Jerusalem mayor, Teddy Collick,

Patee walked across the Hinnom Valley on a high wire as part of that year's Israel Festival.

At the midway point, Patee released a pigeon to symbolize the beauty of peace.

A strange and dangerous stunt, but all for the cause of peace.

Petit later said, for a moment, the entire crowd had forgotten their differences.

Petit's highwire walk reminds me of another breathtaking moment, the one that occurred when

Jesus' body hung between heaven and earth. The Apostle Paul tells us in Colossians 1,

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