The United States of America continues as a unified nation through the operations of faith appearing as commitment, integrity, and promise. The following poem, America Is An Agreement, is shared in remembrance of Reverend, Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., to express gratitude that America’s Constitution and process of government have been elevated and reinforced through checks and balances, and for our reflection on the Inauguration of our 46th President, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. Nonviolence is not to be associated with cowardice, ignorance, fear, exaggerated pride, or racial inequality so much as with discipline, duty, godliness, maturity, mercy, respect, and self-control. It is written: 2nd Corinthians 10: 3-5, King James Version (KJV): 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
THE GOLDEN ARROW: 1st Samuel 17: 44-46, King James Version (KJV): 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD Made The World (12/19/2020); Always Connected By Spirit (08/30/2020); The Visibility of GOD (01/20/2020); The Meaning Of “Persecution” (02/12/2020); Sword Of The Spirit (11/20/2019); Patriotic Songs To Worship? (11/10/2019); Spiritual Combat Against Sin (10/11/2019); Arrayed In Sacred Favor (02/25/2018)
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AMERICA IS AN AGREEMENT
A poem for Citizen King Day, January 17, 2021
America is an agreement among people high and low
To share, to trust, to show respect, to build, to learn, to grow
To live as diverse cities, counties, territories, minds
Free people in a covenant that seals, demands, and binds
True sons of the 3-Branch Nation stand guard in the some-day State
Nonviolent demonstrators who display what makes us great
The Executive Branch the Judicial, the only active voice
The House without the Senate endorsed the People’s choice
The Capitol shrine of freedom had no war force posted there
It’s gates were open welcoming all those who would declare
This land a home of Liberty through Justice and through Law
Protected by democracy, humility, and awe
A winter chill confronts us now beneath the righteous dome
It’s winter in America, yet, this is our one home
We are still to strive for honor giving life to higher vision
Manifesting our integrity expressed in shared decision
No single man or woman rules despising common cause
Or overturns the mandate because they seek applause
For blind-justice will be roused in truth and armed to press the fight
A battleground appearing in the Citadel of Light
Our process must be one to focus what we will become
And not a game of placing blame to scourge the deaf and dumb
The conduct of a President should not incite complaint
Their balance fosters equity, forbearance, and restraint
Our errors need correction, and with every vote we cast
We come near the day where all may say, “USA is free at last, at last
Thank GOD Almighty, we are free at last.
We agree to be free, at last.”
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
©Michael Andrew Williams, 2021. All rights reserved.
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