I remember the song War by Edwin Star that reaches far back as to the days of Viet Nam Not those copycat editions but the one that started it all. It was 1969 and they belted out the words WAR what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Those words still ring crisp in my ears as if it were yesterday. Oh wait, it was yesterday, if you please.
When you think of war you think of Hitler, Alexander the Great, Napolian and perhaps the Roman Empire. All had ideas that could change the world. It was not about religion. It was about world domination, greed and hate.
The last conflicts were known as Korea and Viet Nam. The former I was born the day the peace treaty was signed. The later I was blessed enough not to get drafted, but many who did never returned.
For countless ages Israel has fended off its enemies in order to keep a land promised by the God of such people as Moses, Noah, Isaac, Jacob, Abrham and so forth. And, for some reason the only peace they find, while thousands die every year, the peace they find lies only in their hearts and faith that the great I Am will see them throughto a better day
There are as least three evils in today's societies. Isis, North Korea and the Palestinians. All want war or threaten to make war. And for what reasoning? There is a hole in their hearts where the peace of God ought to live.
What good is peace when your not at peace with yourself? In the worlds dating back to Woodstock 1969 Absolutely nothing.
Be at peace with yourself and with the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and you will lend peace with the world.
Shalom
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