Hello
Tony
Its been a long while since we’ve
spoken.
I think its time we had a little talk.
You come to my house.
You
say you believe in me but you don’t seem to be listening.
You don’t seem
to be reading my book much these days.
Tony, you claim to follow me
but I need to see some evidence.
I really do.
Remember who you are working for.
You cannot serve both me and money (Matthew 6:24).
You are not working for George or Ehud.
They are not on my team, Tony.
I
wonder whether you’ve changed sides as well.
What you are doing
in the Middle East is embarrassing me, Tony.
It really is.
It
ticks me off.
Its giving me a bad name (Romans 2:24).
You
say you care for my chosen people in Israel.
You sent your navy to Beirut
to rescue some of my children.
But what about my chosen people in Lebanon?
You
left them behind.
You left them to die.
What about my chosen people
in Gaza and the West Bank?
Tony, have you lost your voice?
Have you lost your conscience?
Why won’t you listen to my other leaders calling on Israel to stop the killing.
Even those who don’t yet know me, seem to have more of a conscience than you do.
I think
you have lost sight of the reason I gave you this job.
Tony, I’ve already
told you what to do.
The religion I accept as pure and faultless is this:
“to look after widows and orphans in their distress.” (James 1:27)
Tony, read my lips.
I said "look after" the widows and
orphans, not make more of them, not make it worse for them.
Your assignment
is to be a peacemaker not a widow-maker.
What part of that instruction do you not understand?
Tony,
get back into line with my other leaders if you want to stay on my team.
Work with the United Nations to treat all my children the same.
Stop Israel
from turning Lebanon into a cemetery.
Haven’t
you learnt yet that you can’t defeat terrorism with terrorism.
Those who
live by weapons will die by weapons (Matthew 26:52).
I want my Jewish
and Palestinian children to live in peace.
Stop supporting the terrorists
Tony and impose my Road Map.
One last thing Tony.
Remember, one
day you are going to have to stand before me and explain what you’ve done.
Remember Tony, what you are doing to the least of these my children, you are doing
to me (Matthew 25:40).
And what you are neglecting to do for the least
of these my children, you’re neglecting to do to me (Matthew 25:45).
Tony, are you still listening to me?
See
you soon.
One
or the speeches delivered at the "Stop the War" Demonstration at
Hyde Park in London on Saturday 22nd July.
A photo album of the event
is accessible from www.sizers.org/photos.htm