My friend David
Carlson gave a sobering talk on ISIS at Peace
Forum today.
It seems that this
group is highly successful at recruited disenfranchised youth who are bored and
find no meaning in life. What have we
done?
In the midst of
violence and corruption
God’s people
waited for the Promise of God
Mary in her home
Simeon and Anna in
the temple
The Promise came
to enlighten the world
Some received the
Prince of Peace
Others rejected
the Prince of Peace
Waiting for the
Warrior God
Who would fight
their battles
Jesus came with a
vision of the Kingdom
of God
A Kingdom of Peace
Jesus came with a
Way to live
That promoted the Kingdom of God
A Kingdom of Peace
Some people fought
his vision and his Way
But he was
steadfast in God’s Way
Even as he was
carried off to be killed
His command to his
friends and followers was to
Put down your
sword.
This is not the
Way.
A quintessential
bumper sticker from the 60’s came to mind
“Fighting for
peace is like f---ing for virginity”
We as a nation
have failed
We replaced his
vision of the Kingdom
of God
And have been busy
building our own kingdoms
We refused to obey
God’s Way to live
And chose to live
our own way
We choose fear
over love and fighting over peace
The consequences
to this are now upon us
We live in the
midst of violence and corruption
Standing tall with
our swords drawn
We never learned
our lessons
We continue to
live in a faulty pattern
We sacrificed our
lives to the American Dream
Of happiness and
success
We sacrificed our
kids to the American Dream
Of happiness and
success
And left them with
nothing of meaning
Just a lot of toys
and empty stuff
Now they are on
their way to being fuel for the fire
Attracted to a
vision of hate, rage, and destruction
Pawns to be used
by those who know only hate, rage
And destruction
We have no one to
blame but ourselves
We have no
recourse but to turn back to God
And repent of our
selfish and shortsighted ways
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