Happy birthday Jesus.
Whether you are a messiah or just an enlightened and courageous messenger- or both- I am genuinely sorry that we warped your message and disfigured your image.
Sorry that charity and philanthropy have replaced solidarity and governance.
Happy birthday Jesus. Sorry that genuine kindness and quality have been replaced by materialism and competition.
Sorry that people have lost faith in humanity, and instead turn towards your divinity for the sake of our own.
Sorry that we’re blinded by your greatness and therefore ignorant of our own. I know that you tried to teach us the opposite; may we one day come full circle.
Sorry that our trust in you has supplanted all faith in humanity.
Most of us fail to see the godliness in one another, and instead spend time fighting over who knows you more. Sorry about that.
No, Jesus, these Christians cannot be the sons and daughters of God because they treat strangers like devils and difference with suspicion.
I am sorry for all the nations who’ve waged war in your name
Sorry for all the soldiers who’ve died playing this game.
Happy birthday Jesus, may humanity one day speak of the peace you tried to usher,
And may we one day start to believe again in our own greatness.
May we uncloak vengeance as weakness, and our savagery as fear.
May we realize that peace is won by the courage of compassion and hatred relieved by the strength to love.
May we one day know that peace is not a dream just because war is our everyday reality.
May people of all genders one day know equality, and realize that God is above any single sex.
May pacifists’ cause regain your claim, and may we line up for the battle of hearts so that we may rescue the world and end the genocide against humankind.
May those who covet your name in vain remove the stain and pain of hate, replace their fear of eternity with the joy of today.
Happy birthday Jesus, sorry that Christmas is hardly a day of reflection.
Sorry that Satan is winning.
Will the real Christians please stand up.
22 December 2011
Hilton Head Island, USA.
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