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War


Proverbs 24:6 

For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,
And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

 

War

 

Organize the troops … the battle call is coming

Wait for marching orders … try to stay in shape

It won’t be too soon … when the planes are humming

And the adrenaline snorts … and shows death is not a game

 

The battle now has started … cry in agony

Pain will soon drown … joy through perseverance

Victims now are carted … in dulling empathy

To a place in the ground after a little clearance

 

War is hell … and so is living without God

Temporal just a breath … Eternal just a thought

Deep inside the well … where we’ve long forgot

The place we made our bed ... before this great onslaught

 

Jan Wienen

 

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