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Category: Faith, Religion & Spirituality / Topics: Faith • History • Prayer
Praying for Peace
Posted: June 29, 2024
Inspiration from calligraphy by Timothy Botts…
The city is peace
is an oxymoron.
Christians, Moslems and Jews
trace their history there
amid cobblestone streets stained with blood.
The sons of Abraham
have fought like brothers
(for centuries)
jealously killing one another
without regard for
innocent lives
or the destiny to which they were called:
To love the LORD your God
with all your heart,
soul, mind and strength
and to love your neighbor as yourself.
May we continue to pray
for the peace of Jerusalem
and Gaza
and the West Bank.
O God of Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and Jesus,
breathe your breath of shalom
over the graveyard of peace
that dry lifeless bones may live. Amen.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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