Sacrifices in Life

Revelation 7:16 & 17

The sun will not hurt nor will heat burn,
For the lamb at the throne to be concern;
Being their shepherd and lead to springs,
Water that gives life to all the siblings;
As God wipes away all tears from the eye,
Not just our Father, but as well as an ally;
The tired and patient faces of the soldiers,
Many as young boys were just teenagers;
Suffered loses in Iraq and will suffer more,
Not knowing when they go home for sure;
Fallen comrades had hoped to see the day,
Their wives as well as their children play;
Instead a sacrifice a testimony to a dream,
Price of freeing some from a deadly regime;
Dream to build on earth a state of affairs,
Living in peace and harmony in our prayers;
In spite of race, for living as God intends,
For the world in living together as friends;
Some feel its wrong for us to pay the price,
Think of God paying the ultimate sacrifice.

Richard Newton Sherrer

Copyright ©2004 Richard Newton Sherrer

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