Peace They Say

Shall I declare peace in the midst of the sound 

of marching hooves and hastening chariots,

says our God? 

"They dressed the wound of my people as if it were not serious. Peace, peace, they say, when there is no peace" Jeremiah 6:14

Look at the years of peace bestowed, 

and how we have mistreated such a gift. 

We have turned consummate blessings into chaos, 

and winked at injustice as if it meant nothing.

We have disregarded the sacrifices of those 

no longer present to voice their dissent.

Honesty and integrity lay languishing 

in the streets of indifference. 

Our humble beginnings has turned into greed, 

and the quest for power. 

We look for brotherly love, but in its stead find 

mocking, derision, hatred, and malcontent.

In the land of the free, 

that has not known an enemy's invasion,

For a people who live in freedom,

not knowing what it means to leave 

dwelling and possessions... 

...will find themselves pleading for the God they have forgotten.

A nation that Jehovah saw fit to bless 

in the time of its innocence, 

Now faces the result of setting up the golden idol of self. 

Let us now humble ourselves and repent before our God 

lest the hour of opportunity passes, 

and the day of Thanksgiving is over.

copyright 11/28/2014