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When he did speak again, his voice sounded far away. "I have seen a land shining with goodness where each man protects his brother's dignity as readily as his own, where war and want have ceased and all races live under the same law of love and honor.
"I have seen a land bright with truth, where a man's word is his pledge and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe in their mothers' arms and never know fear or pain. I have seen a land where kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for a sword, where mercy, kindness, and compassion flow like deep water over the land, and men revere virtue, rever truth, revere beauty, above comfort, pleasure, or selfish gain. A land where peace reigns in the hearts of men, where faith blazes like a beacon from every hill and love like a fire from every hearth, where the True God is worshiped and his ways acclaimed by all."
From Taliesin by Stephen Lawhead
"I have seen a land bright with truth, where a man's word is his pledge and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe in their mothers' arms and never know fear or pain. I have seen a land where kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for a sword, where mercy, kindness, and compassion flow like deep water over the land, and men revere virtue, rever truth, revere beauty, above comfort, pleasure, or selfish gain. A land where peace reigns in the hearts of men, where faith blazes like a beacon from every hill and love like a fire from every hearth, where the True God is worshiped and his ways acclaimed by all."
From Taliesin by Stephen Lawhead
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In our jaded modern/post-modern world we would call Taliesen a politican.
But were is our faith to believe such things? To be used by God to try and bring them about---even in our little corner of the world? In our families?
Thanks for the post.