Revelation 22:10-17
Smashing, shattering, breaking—
NO.
This is not the Jesus way.
War is not a video game, reboot and replay.
It is torn, tender flesh.
It is hunger and thirst, darkness and cold.
It is disease, deprivation, despair.
It is death.
Snatching, scattering, beating—
NO.
It’s easy to destroy, to decimate
What others have found courage to create.
The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Swindling, sucking, betraying—
NO.
Carelessly wasting what others need to survive.
Each child, cherished, precious unique
Thrown away. Trashed, like the earth
While mothers watch, and weep, and wait
For the One whose own flesh is bleeding and bare.
My heart aches for those who know nothing of grace,
Who will not taste the Kingdom when it comes.
For they too were made in the image of God.
Debra Kornfield 