by Douglas J. Lanzo
Copyright 2023
First published in Faith on Every Corner (May 2024)
A Prayer for Angels’ Wings
By Douglas J. Lanzo
“… and I will bring my people Israel back from exile.
They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine;
they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
I will plant Israel in their own land,
never again to be uprooted
from the land I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
Amos 9: 13 – 15 (NIV)
May angel wings protect them
as they search for loved ones lost—
for those kidnapped from their homes,
when communities were crossed,
by terrorists unflinching
in their hatred of the Jew—
who murdered, raped and pillaged,
as we learned on front page news.
Children killed before their parents,
mothers stripped of dignity,
fathers hunted in their homes
and cut down with enmity—
a Holocaust survivor
in a wheelchair whisked away,
by masked gunmen from her home,
on this dark and fateful day.
Israel’s nine-eleven…
even worse when viewed by size—
a bloodthirsty incursion,
by those seeking its demise.
May God’s justice burn brightly
upon each who did these acts;
may they find no safe harbor,
and no human shield, when tracked.
May God’s solemn promises
be recalled throughout the land
as He shepherds His people,
leading them by voice and hand,
infused with strength and courage
so that they may fight and stand,
for everything they treasure—
God’s oasis in the sand.