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Peter Put Down Your Sword
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Christian "My kingdom is not of this world.
Peter put down your sword."
Stoners put down your stones.
Thus saith Christ, Christians' Lord.
Not missiles nor bombs nor guns
but Grace and Love and God's word.
It is 'blessed peacemakers'
and not warmongers who to God
move forward.
Did Moses need an army
when God parted the Red Sea?
Did Joshua need anything
but his horn
at the battle of Jericho?
When God multiplied
lamplight oil for the Maccabees
did God need Mideast oil?
Was a fleet of trucks needed
to deliver manna from the sky?
Was DeGaulle protected by
an earthly power
when 93 shots fired
by a crack shot assassin
missed?
Surely Fidel Castro has been protected
by angels from the many soldiers and assassination plots
sent against him.
Was not the chant of millions
singing "Allah Akbar"
enough to bring down
the puppet throne?
The hunger pangs of Ramadan
fasters turn into arrows
which strike the heart of
Allah with mercy.
And the suffering of hundreds of
millions of Hindus.. mobilized
by the heart of Mahatma Gandhi..
did it not give an example to the
world in the power of
nonviolent resistance?
