Below are my words and some pictures that were taken.
Boreh Nefashot, Creator of Souls,
You told
Ezekiel to prophesize over a valley of bones that they should rise from the
ashes, and as he began to speak, the bones came together piece by piece,
rebuilt out of the destruction and desolation that surrounded them. We did not
know that the prophesy was meant for us.
When You spoke through Isaiah and said “When
you pass through water, I will be with you; Through streams, they shall not
overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, You shall not be scorched; Through
flame, it shall not burn you. Because
you are precious to me, and honored and I love you,” we did not know that we
would one day take your words literally.
As you promised, we have risen up, stronger
and resilient from the fires and the gas and the valley of bones and ash.
We know that it is our responsibility to
never let this happen again; that when this generation of survivors dies out,
that we will take up their cause - to fight the daily battles against bigotry,
hatred – so that we can win the war against evil in the world.
We will speak up for the dead and the living
and work to create the world as you described it, where swords are beaten into
plowshares and spears into pruning hooks, where we will never know war again.
Amen.
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