Then Jesus said to him,

"Put your sword

    back into its place.

For all who take the sword

will perish by the sword."

               Matthew 26. 52

(When I lay the situation

              before the LORD,

He gives me a new heart

       and a new vision,

of what it may really be about,

and what it can be

              for His glory.

Choose the higher road

      in this conversation,

not bearing arms

     but armloads of grace.)