Can Isaac share with
Ishmael
a part of the blessing;
The brothers still
fighting
over their inheritance.
Abraham’s sons still dying
struggling for the land;
There is hope in a cease
fire
but is peace really at
hand.
Two sons of the father
of Father Abraham,
faithful, rewarded
the fruit of his seed.
Still fighting for his
blessing
for the Promised Land
for an inheritance worthy
of the patriarchs.
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edited September 15, 2015
Can Isaac share – v3
(editing original)
edited July 1,
2015
the battle
foreordained – v5
(editing
version 2)
edited June
30, 2015
Innocent Blood
– v7
(editing
version 5)
edited October
23, 2014
“Innocent
Blood – v6
(editing
version 5)
edited
February 16, 2015
the battle
foreordained – v4
(merging edits
to version 2 and version 3)
edited
December 3, 2014
the battle
foreordained – v3
(editing
original again)
edited July
10, 2014
the battle
foreordained – v2
post of child
in rage about the Israeli’s bulldozing his home
in the Gaza
Strip
7/10/2014
new poem June
8, 2014
the battle
foreordained
Daniel 7
and Men’s
Bible Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
June 8, 2014
&
edited March
16, 2014
“Innocent Blood
– v5”
(editing
version 3)
Edited
November 26, 2012
“Innocent
Blood – v4”
after
rereading original inspiration for the poem
Edited
November 23, 2012
“Innocent
Blood – v3”
November 23,
2012
“Innocent
Blood – v2”
after writing
several poems on this topic
&
November 23, 2012
Can Isaac share, can Ishmael forgive
November 22, 2012
Can Ishmael forgive him – v2
November 22, 2012
Can Isaac share – v2
November 22, 2012
Can Ishmael forgive him
November 22, 2012
Can Isaac share
announcement
of a cease fire
between Gaza
(Hamas) and Israel
November 21,
2012
&
the tragedy of
the fighting in Gaza and Israel
and the source
of the conflict
in the
division of Ishmael and Isaac
the sons of
Abraham
&
original poem
January 14 and
15, 2009
“Innocent
Blood”
Matthew
2:13-23
and words of
Bishop Peter Weaver,
in his
Partners in Ministry email
1/14/09,
“♦ THE TERRIBLE VIOLENCE IN THE
GAZA STRIP is deeply disturbing.
Hundreds of innocent civilians, including children are being caught in
the crossfire. Last week, after we celebrated Epiphany (Jan. 6, the magi
visiting Bethlehem) I thought about the rest of Matthew 2 where Herod sets out
to kill all the "innocents" under two and Mary, Joseph and Jesus head
for Egypt....probably through Gaza! Both
the Palestinians and Israelis fear and react to violence from the other side
and to a long history of threats and actions that are indelibly etched in their
memories. Tragically, every additional
death and injustice etches new memories in new generations who will grow up
with even more hatred and determination to "win", no matter what the
means of terrorism or oppression. "An eye for an eye, leaves everyone
blind"
How can peace with justice be found?
A Quaker saying, based in the Gospel,
points the way. "There can be no
peace without reconciliation. There can
be no reconciliation without forgiveness.
There can be no forgiveness without giving up the hope of a better
yesterday." In other words, holding
on to the deeply etched bitterness of the past prevents us from embracing a new
future of peace. Nations do it. Families do it. Churches do it. Pray that we might all become
peacemakers. Pray for the land we call
"holy."”
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