The videotaped footage of
their struggle in Cairo
the factions lining up
in Tahrir Square
Lining up, divisions,
Like the stones from the
wadi
gathered by David, for his
sling
Thrown against the giant
to save the whole nation
Will history see,
what will be the judgment
the same struggle,
the small shepherd boy
against the amassed armies;
The fear of repression, a
nail in the coffin,
the subjugation of a people
in the tumult of today,
tomorrow
will we hear the same echoes
What will the lessons be, in
the future
of the stones being hurled,
thrown
will the same be said, in
history;
Will we have heard, looking
back
what will become, recorded
of the cries of the peoples;
Who will they sing of, in
the square,
in the retelling someday,
down in time
of what happened on the
plain of battle
When the small protestors,
the people,
stood against the giant,
defiant
with their stones from the
Wadi,
What will history remember
of this time, this moment;
What will history say
about our own actions
whether or not we stood
with those on the street
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edited November 13, 2015
Like the Stones from the Wadi – v5
(editing version 3)
edited November 1, 2015
Like the Stones from the Wadi – v4
Edited September 13, 2013 and September 14, 2013
Like the Stones from the Wadi – v3
Edited August 11, 2013
“Like the Stones from the Wadi – v2”
February 5, 2011
Like the Stones from the Wadi
&
a prayer for Egypt
and see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February
3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua
&
1 Samuel
17:38-40
Posting: “I'll
Wear My Own Suit Thank You. . .”
on
Pastor Ruth L. Foss’
A Handmaiden of the Lord blog
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 2, 2011
&
1 Samuel
17:32-40, 50
Hebrews 12:1
Upper Room
Daily Devotional
for February
1, 2011
“Borrowed
Equipment”
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