'WORKING FOR PEACE'

 
DEAR LORD, I'VE JUST BEEN
THINKING
HOW PATIENT  YOU MUST BE
TO HEAR THE PRAYERS  YOUR
CHILDREN PRAY
IN MOCK SINCERITY. . .
WE PRAY THAT  YOU WILL GRANT
US
YOUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT OF
PEACE,
WE PRAY THAT  YOU WILL
INTERCEDE
AND CAUSE ALL STRIFE TO CEASE;
BUT WHEN OUR PRAYERS ARE
FINISHED,
WHAT DO WE REALLY DO
TO WORK FOR PEACE AMONG
OURSELVES
TO HELP OUR PRAYERS COME TRUE ?
 
 
LORD, GRANT TO US THE COURAGE
AND MAKE US WISE AND STRONG
TO USE THE PRECIOUS TOOLS OF
PEACE
WHICH WE'VE HAD ALL ALONG ---
THE TOOLS OF UNDERSTANDING,
OF CHARITY AND SHARING,
OF BEING OPEN-MINDED,
AND MORE LOVING AND MORE
CARING,
SO WE MAY BAND TOGETHER
WORKING FOR THE COMMON GOOD,
AND GRANT OURSELVES THE
PRECIOUS GIFTS
OF PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD !
 
 
            Let Us Therefore Follow After
            The Things Which Make For
            Peace
                               Romans   14:19