Peace and Love

I remember Woodstock
although I wasn’t there
the Beatles crossing Abby Road
the music and the hair.

40 years have come and gone
since I went to Viet-nam
I didn’t know What I know now-
same goes for Uncle Sam.

Way back then in sixty-nine
a man walked on the moon,
Manson murdered Sharron Tate,
and oh so many died too soon.
.
And dead too was our innocence,
and a belief our leaders knew
so many sought a ‘Happening’
as just something New to do.

But I’m so Glad Christ found me.
God Knows, “ I lost my way.”
Had He not, I wouldn’t be
what I am by grace today.

Israel wandered 40 years
and that generation fell
faithless in the wilderness
and some went off to Hell.

Now my generation
is sadly turning grey
they made and lost a fortune
and have still not found their way.

For life cannot be measured
in the abundance of this world’s things,
but real meaning and real treasure
in the peace and love Christ brings. -id

Ingimar DeRidder