To The Ground

To The Ground

He falls to the ground.

Hands over his eyes, he weeps bitter tears of great pain.

How had things come to this?

Wiping the blood and tears from his face, he does something he hasn't done for a long time, he prays.

With his rifle finally laid to rest, the young soldier looks to the heavens and then across a field of corpses.

Among the dead he sees a child he killed in the heat of battle.

The soldiers words echo in the valley of death, God forgive us.

Forgive us all, sweet Jesus, forgive us.

To the ground the soldier falls.

Comments

17 Injunctions For Embodied Faith

“True evangelical faith is of such a nature it cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love; it dies to flesh and blood (1); it destroys all lusts and forbidden desires (2); it seeks, serves and fears God in its inmost soul (3); it clothes the naked (4); it feeds the hungry (5); it comforts the sorrowful (6); it shelters the destitute (7); it aids and consoles the sad (8); it does good to those who do it harm (9); it serves those that harm it (10); it prays for those who persecute it (11); it teaches, admonishes and judges us with the Word of the Lord (12); it seeks those who are lost (13); it binds up what is wounded (14); it heals the sick (15); it saves what is strong (sound) (16); it becomes all things to all people (17). The persecution, suffering and anguish that come to it for the sake of the Lord’s truth have become a glorious joy and comfort to it.” (Menno Simons)