Our world is so screwed up
There are wars without end
Only God can really see
If peace is right around the bend
Since Adam & Eve took that bite
And sin entered this world of ours
It has seemed to us mortal beings
That world peace is beyond our powers
Negotiations call for cease fires
Men promise they will abide
But then they turn around and
Drop bombs on the other side
Why can’t we live in love
Why can’t we all get along
Why do men with earthly power
Like to sing the Battle Song?
Like Rachel Platten’s fight song
They don’t care if you believe
They don’t care if lives are lost
They have egos that deceive
Deceive us with false promises
Live to satisfy your own desires
Sacrifice our sons and daughters
Drop those bombs and start those fires
How can World Peace be achieved
If we can’t live in brotherly love
Pray with me, my friends, please
Ask for peace from God above
Only God can change the hearts
Of selfish men with all the powers
Take their conscience – make them care
Care to save this world of ours.
Amen?
John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
Love,
JanBeek
Comments on: "World Peace" (15)
Praying with you 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you, Fran. ❤️👍🏽
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. I pray that our Lord will have mercy on all his people.
Amen!
I don’t even know where to start with this one. One explanation has that the Olympics were created to avoid wars. But some how, during the Berlin Olympics, some countries decided it wasn’t good enough, some they slaughter Israeli athletes. People who were fathers, sons, brothers. Unarmed civilians. These days, we’re told many sides of the October 6 story. I don’t know who to believe. September 11th has been tainted as well. Even so, if 19 of the hijackers were Saudi, why did we attack Iraq and Afghanistan? If the Iranian bunkers are 300-500 meters deep and the US bunker buster only penetrates 65 meters, why are we being told it was a success? If there’s allegedly 1500 miles of underground tunnels, more than a highway from the California -mexico border to deep through Canada and almost to Alaska, how can anyone say, the job is done. What job? When you poke someone in the eye, when they get back up, they aren’t likely to surrender. I think there’s something wrong in the DNA coding of the human species. War is wrong. Provoking war is worse. Genocide is sickening. Wars over religious ideology is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.
Wars over religious ideology is so wrong. Wars are wrong – period!! Yes, Peter, the world’s a crazy place.
Dear Jan,
Thanks for this beautiful poem, it speaks from my heart too! It couldn‘t be expresses better.
Greetings
Saskia 😘❤️
Thank you, Saskia! How nice to hear from you!! We look forward to our time together with you and Laszlo.
I always enjoy reading your poems, Mom. I, too, don’t understand why men go to war. Why do they constantly need to conquer others? Of course not all men do but those in power need to keep their power in check. Sigh. This has been going on since we crawled out of the water. I don’t think it’ll ever change.
Sad, isn’t it?
Too sad to click “like.” There has to be a change. Let it begin with you & me! 👍🏽❤️
Peace seems so very far away! Great post Jan.
Thank you, Dwight. Breathe in the peace of Jesus and breathe out any unrest!! I do that every morning.
People find many different ways in which to find peace. Lasting peace is attainable despite what continues to go on around us. I look forward to that lasting peace in the near future.
Yes, I’ll have lasting peace in heaven. See you there👍🏽❤️ But, I’ll seek peace on earth in the meantime. Won’t you?