For God and Country

A deaf old man watched sadly as the few, the proud and the brave prayed, “God grant us victory” while marching off to war one day.

This was a prayer the old man knew too well.
Like those young heroes he once cheered, “For God and country” as well…

But after sixty long years war remains,
After sixty long years it still leaves behind great and terrible pain.
Father and Mothers lose Sons and Daughters; Daughters and Sons lose Fathers and Mothers, And many friends are lost in between.

So the old man thought long and hard for whom he should pray.
He lived on the border of both countries, he’s a native of both he could say.

To pray for one means defeat for the other.
And to pray for the other surely means the same.

How could he wish death and destruction on one or the other?
When a prayer for one, most surely means death to his other brother.

The old man glanced up from his bible at the darkening sky.
“How should I pray Lord?” the old man cried...as the drums and the screams of war were shouted on high.
“I am brother to both, how can I ever choose a side?”
Just then the wind blew the pages of his bible to a truth that brought tears to the old man’s eye.

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those that curse you, and pray for those who hurt you…”

The bible fell from his hands and the old man forgot his fear.
When the bombs and gun fire of his past made deaf his ears,
These were words he could not see very clear.

But after sixty long years he now understands how true victory is found. So he walked to the border of both and there he stood his ground.
If any army was to fight, it would be his life that would first be laid down.

“He’s one of our country men" the soldier from one side said.
“Hold your fire, hold your fire,” a soldier from the other shouted, “We don’t want our brother dead.”

It was then both armies saw the one thing they had in common,
It was a love for their brother, which was something they had forgotten.


Jacob











































































































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Jacob
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