I have to confess that neither my wife of I can make any sense of the reason that any Christian leaders would support the former President of the USA in his bid to return to the White House. So these words are drawn together out of that perplexity. Our prayer is that they might find some fertile fields.
A Poet’s Plea
To Our American Sisters and Brothers in Christ.
(After re-reading Galatians 5. 22-3.)
Oh, America, will you elect to build love and not hate?
Oh, America, will you elect to bring joy to a pain-filled world?
Oh, America, will you elect to foster peace throughout the world?
Oh, America, will you elect to recognise patience for the virtue that it is?
Oh, America, will you elect to spread kindness about you?
Oh, America, will you elect to put goodness at the heart of your world-wide relationships?
Oh, America, will you elect to restore faithfulness among your national traits?
Oh, America, will you elect to embrace gentleness in your policy-making?
Oh, America, will you elect to recognise self-control as a fruit of the Spirit?
Trevor Thorn, Nr Cambridge, UK.
