Is this the end?
In mayhem; in grief,
in despair, the world comes crashing down to a disastrous and dead end. Everyone
fights everyone for every reason under the sun. Military people with their
tanks and their guns and then…nothing. Nation against nation. Destruction.
Is this how it ends?
no
The sky breaks open
and familiar light,
we know this light, pours in.
It says.
The light speaks, “Forgive
your enemies.”
“These enemies, the
ones with the guns to my head,
the ones I have by the throat?”
“Yes,” He says. “Them.”
He is speaking to all
of us, them and me and you.
The waves come and take
everything away.
Don’t be afraid of the
waves. Some things need to fall.
The Earth shakes. It is waking up.
This is not the end. Not
now. It is the beginning.
Are you ready?
For you yourselves are fully aware
that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are
saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon
them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But
you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 1
Thessalonians 5:2-4 ESV
