"Choose Life"

"My children,

I am calling you
to be peacemakers
as wickedness increases
in the world.

I am calling you
to choose the cross
instead of the sword
in these last days.

I am calling you
to love your enemies
instead of seeking
to destroy them.

I am calling you
to lay down your lives
as I laid down Mine
for My enemies.

I died for you
on the Cross
and for your enemies
just the same.

Do not destroy
what I have died
to purchase
with My blood.

When you choose violence
against your enemies
you choose against My sacrifice
and become an enemy of the Cross.

I am He who stands
in the way so that
in order to take vengeance
you must kill Me first.

I stand in between
you and your enemies
so that to slay them
you must first slay Me.

Do not seek to live
by the sword;
do not seek to save your lives
and lose your soul.

My commands are your life;
do not turn away from life
in order to avoid your cross
and escape from death.

I am with you always
as you trust in My ways
and carry your cross;
do not be afraid."

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Art: "A Different Way"