World peace doesn’t happen because of touchy feely laws.
History proves this over and over again. It doesn’t happen by taking away a person’s right to self protection. It doesn’t happen because somebody imprisons all those who disagree. And it sure doesn’t happen because some so-called “body of power” legislates it.
World peace can only happen one of two ways.
Everyone (yes, that’s everyone with a capital E) has to give up selfishness. And since that doesn’t seem to have a snowball’s chance in Hades of happening, then world peace is just a…
Cliché
We want the answers to all of our questions.
And we want the world in the palm of our hand
We want to rise up; rise up and conquer
Let all the world know just where we stand
We want to live in a fat-free environment, and
We want to make sure the ozone is intact,
And so we watch all those service commercials, and
It’s just so easy to sit back and react.
Is it just melodrama…for me to feel this way?
I wonder…is it just me,
Or does it all sound so cliché?
Does it sound that way…so cliché?
We lend our money to so many nations, and
Still we struggle to pay off our own debts.
We hope for world peace and ending the hunger,
But will we ever do what no one has done yet?
We train ourselves and prepare for the future, but
Each day the future takes on a new look.
We might do better to look inside our own hearts, and
We might discover it’s not in some law book!
Is it just melodrama for me to feel this way?
I wonder…is it just me, or does it all sound so cliché?
Does it sound that way…so cliché?
© 1996 Tony Funderburk
Did you think I forgot about the second way peace can come to the whole world?
Nope. I didn’t.
And the second way is the most likely way. Because that way is THE Way. The Prince of Peace. The one who will rule this world with absolutely NO touchy feely laws. And it’s so cliché to say you don’t believe in Him.
Stay tuned…
Tony
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