Who have we
become, as a people, as a nation
where is
the common dream, reality
do we see
ourselves as one people
or do we
only see the neighbors that are like us
within
gated communities
seeing
everyone else as others
not worthy
of respect, of life
do we look
at color, at language
at green
cards, profiling, to we fear our neighbors
those not
like us, seeking only to divide,
to fragment
America, already split apart
by gender,
by races, into fragments, shards,
shattered in
a million pieces
nothing of
the oneness, the fabric,
the myth,
the dream of America
not in our
power but in what we believed
For America
to Rise, to be more than a superpower
our military
might, our ability to change the world
We must
Love our neighbor, all are God’s children
the first
commandment to love God with all that we are
but the second
command to love our neighbors as ourselves
We don’t
see this, we are chasing the brass ring, bigger barns
holding
more of our stuff, running out on Black Friday
after
giving thanks on Thanksgiving, WHAT MADNESS,
We have
lost our way, nothing truly that joins us other than fear
only
divisions, factions, an unrighteous division, them versus us
We have
found ways to divide our neighbors, Fox and MSNBC,
Republican
and Democrats, left and right, as if one was correct
and the
other evil intent, endless echo chambers
To love our
neighbors, as we love ourselves, this was God’s plan,
God’s
command for man, How we should treat our fellow man, our sisters
for none of
us are worthy, We are no better than any other, though we seek
to divide,
to separate, by judging our neighbor, that we are better,
that they
are just blood-suckers, seeking to steal, to rise
higher than
their ability, that others would seek assistance
as if it
was a mark of laziness alone. How can we divide
separating
people, all of us neighbors under the skin
We all are
fallen, we are all naked before God, we all have the same stain
all of us
sin, turn away, We all deserved death; but
Christ climbed our cross
We must
Love our neighbor as God commands us, ignoring the differences
finding
common ground, as a nation, as a people,
or we will
be doomed to destruction, as all empires have,
proving our
dream was a lie, unless we are willing to change.
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edited/ new November
28, 2014
shattered in a
million pieces
(this is my
34,000th poem)
edited/ new November
28, 2014
For America to
Rise
edited
November 28, 2014
We must Love
our neighbors
edited
November 28, 2014
Love your
neighbors
edited/merged
November 28, 2014
Love God and
your neighbor
November
28, 2014
Love
God
November 28,
2014
Love your
neighbor – 2
Matthew
22:37
-
Deuteronomy 6:5
Matthew
22:39
-
Leviticus 19:18
Matthew
22:36-40
devotion
“Two Simple Principles”
devotion
by Jep Robertson
for
November 20, 2014
read
November 28, 2014
Duck
Commander Daily Devotional
compiled by Alan Robertson
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