SEEKING
PEACE
Caustic
words are flowing here.
They’re
tearing the fabric we once held dear.
They’re
in our homes and streets and schools;
And
screaming from our electronic tools.
“I’m
a democrat through and through.
I’ll
be a democrat until I bleed blue.”
“I’m
a republican red as red,
I’ll
be a republican until I’m dead.”
One
is trumpeting a very loud call.
“Keep
everyone out; let’s build a wall!”
While
the stranger is doing our hard menial labor
Which
seems too low for me or my neighbor.
One
seems to attract a lot of dirt
And
doesn’t seem to care who it hurts;
For
this one carries a very large broom
That
carefully sweeps the dirt from the room.
We
cry like a child, “I want it all!”
Not
caring at all who it will cause to fall.
We
chant about our right for individual liberty
Without
accepting our community responsibility.
We
used to strive to be united.
Now
Satan is laughing as we become divided.
Dark
and fearsome are the gathering clouds,
And
thunderous words are becoming overwhelmingly loud.
I
flung my sword into the fight,
But
wounding a sister didn’t feel quite right.
And
so I ran from place to place
Trying
hard my guilt to erase.
Then
while pondering in a beautiful room,
In
my mind’s eye I saw my Savior’s wounds.
I
saw Him kneeling by an olive tree
And
all of the drops of blood He shed for me.
At
that moment my heart did break.
Upon
His sinless soul my pains and sins He did take.
I
could repent and be raised from my fall
Because
for me, my Redeemer suffered all.
So
now while living in this world of anger and strife
To
Jesus Christ I pledge my life.
From
death and Hell my soul He can release,
For
He is the only true source of light and peace.
