Letters on Peace from Tzfat, Israel

We live on a hill facing the world, off course not literally the whole world, but the sights that we can see from our windows are amazing. We never cease to be amazed by the clouds drifting past, the birds who at first do not see the windows and at the last minute turn to avoid crashing into them. We see weather here which is fantastic, we can watch the storms come over the mountain on the opposite side of the valley of Jezreel and make their way to us bringing rain or wind or both, or sun and wispy clouds that hold no water!
We meditate a lot, looking out these windows. We pray here too, and sometimes we merely sit, a captive audience to whatever spendid multi faceted show God decides to put on today.
Where are we? In Tzfat, Israel. Our tiny little home hangs off the edge of the cliff above other homes. It's walls are ancient rock, formed in the beginning of time and carved out of the edges of the mountain over two thousand years ago. This is a place of heroic stands, of battles for existence, of wonderful historic value, but the spiritual worth of the place is beyond comprehension.
We came here two months ago to live out the rest of our earthly lives, we chose this place from a host of others because we felt a presence here of something beyond us, not a religious sort of thing, not Christian or Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist, but a Shechinah presence, a presence as if God walked here.
We have always worked all of our lives for Peace, in the neighborhoods where we made our home in America within our work place, in our homes and families, and now we want to continue that work here in Tzfat!
Well, you might say, if this is already a spiritual place what need is there of Peace makers?
Over the next few months we hope to be able to answer that and other questions that you may have about why our world is not at Peace, and what all of us as individuals might do to change that!
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Thank You;
Leah & Theo PettePiece