Prayer of Peace

Love is the Answer (February 2015)

Wendy W. Blumberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness

apprehended it not.”

—The Bible, ASV: John 1:5

I made an intent

To myself

It came from Spirit

From my soul

I do not watch

The news

Do not hear

Do not see

Violence

Rained upon

Innocents

Blood spilled from

Those

Who have done no harm

To anyone

 

But an email

Creeps onto my screen

I read it before

Realizing its contents

My bewilderment turns to

Sadness

Bleeds through my

Veins

Into the core of my

Heart

 

From where I am

Today

I no longer ask

Why     Why

Does it keep happening

I no longer

Wonder

How a human being

Can inflict harm

Take life

From a fellow being

Even a child

 

I have no answers

Never did

I have no power

To stop these acts

But in faith

I ask

Can you love

Enough

Deep enough     strongly

Enough

To send your love

To everyone     everywhere

In our world

No matter who they

Are

Can we try

Can you     can I

 

“Love is the answer

To every question” *

 

Love     Love     Loving

For me

Our Path to Peace

 

*A Course in Miracles

 

Child

Wendy W. Blumberg

Child

I would hold you close

In my arms

As you grieve your loss

Mother     Father     Siblings

Your family     your home

Witnessing scenes

No child should have to see

No one should have to see

If I could     Child

I would erase these pictures

From your mind

Your mind’s hauntings

Spilling into your dreamworld

 

Child

You are every child

To me

Who has suffered cruelties

Of war

Cruelties from greed

Cruelties from those who use their power

To take what does not belong

To them

Child     if I could

I would explain such behavior

To help you understand

I cannot

For I do not understand

Never will     never will

Myself

But Child     this I do know

With certainty

Love is the Healer

And I Love you

 

If Only I Could

Wendy W. Blumberg

Do you not see   truly see
Faces of children
Caught in the middle of war
As they witness     as they experience
Cruelty exploding around them
Their eyes wide with fear
Faces expressing bewilderment
Frozen in terror

Do you not feel   truly feel
A silent war like an infection
Coursing through the blood stream
Of our country
For me    guns are the virus
Gunshots into a crowded concert
At innocents in a store
A school yard   a movie theater
To claim a religion   an ideological
Ideal
It is war   wherever guns are used
To kill   to maim   to terrify
I abhor them
Would outlaw guns
Completely
If only I could

After St. Francis — Prayer of Peace

Wendy W. Blumberg

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Lord

I too ask

Make me an Instrument of Your

Peace

I too would sow love

Where there is hatred

Anger

Where intolerance

Lurks

Where doubt keeps some

Awake

In night’s darkest

Hours

I would sow Faith

Where despair brings some

To their knees

I would sow Hope

 

Oh Lord

I will do my best

For those who are inconsolable

To lead them to You

To be consoled

To ask my spirit for understanding

So that I understand in depth

Their need for understanding

Above all

To love unconditionally

Al Your children     everywhere

No exceptions

And not ask to be loved

Myself               Amen

 

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