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From: "Thomas K. Marquis" <>
Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Re: LEWIS-D Digest V03 #45Message 2 and 8
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 08:43:08 -0500
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Very well put!
And as Forest Gump said "That's all I have to say about that."

Brother Tom and Linda Marquis
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Newburgh, Indiana, 1803 - 2003
I will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt go; I
will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalm 32:8
Through Christ be free in 2003
"One Nation under God"




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Subject: [LEWIS] Re: LEWIS-D Digest V03 #45Message 2 and 8


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> You People are right, this is a genealogy List, but I kept thinking how I
> have a cousin name Michael Lewis and a cousin name Lonnie Lewis and
neither
> one of you are either of them, and how they are brothers.......but half
> brother, and how both of them are living, not deceased like Our Ancestor
we
> Seek, and how both of them are African American and not Caucasian like you
> two (smile), and I was Awed at how parallel things can be at times, you
know
> running in the same direction at the same time, so similar and yet still
not
> be the same.
>
> SO LIST ADMINISTRATOR PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR BREAKING THE RULES TOO,
> BUT....... since someone opened the can of worms and instead of "Love and
> Peace old Hate and Discord came Spewing Out," among BROTHERS like in the
> Civil War Days but with one exception in those days my black lips wouldn't
be
> talking until after the fight/war was over between the Brothers. Somebody
is
> right History is Being Made Every Day and is Tomorrow's Genealogy in the
> Making. A NATIONALLY PUBLISHED LONNIE LEWIS LETTER TODAY IS SOMEBODY'S
> GENEALOGY TOMORROW AND SO ARE ALL OF OUR RESPONSES!
>
> I guess I was AWED to find myself among brothers and sisters who claim to
be
> "FIGHTING OR NOT FIGHTING OUT OF A LOVE FOR PEACE."
>
> Might I offer these words in the "SPIRIT OF PEACE" we all claim to
represent?
> Who knows maybe if I had of been their Cain would not have killed Abel!
I
> say there is more than one way to "wage a war," and you better not dare
> disagree with me! THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO WAGE A WAR, and when we
> DELIBERATELY Offend, and Hurt Others, with our Opinions even those we may
> consider as "the least of these my brethren," which can also mean, less
than
> us, not as good as us, different from us, or downright morally degenerate
> such as killers. WE HAVE DONE WRONG! The Tongue is a "Terrible Little
> Family Member " who has Hurt and Slayed as many innocent, and yes not so
> innocent people as any WAR. "SOME THINGS" really are "BEST" left unsaid
when
> they are not offered in the "SPIRIT OF LOVE AND PEACE AND HEALING."
>
> Yes, I too believe there is always Room For Truth, because Truth is
Healing,
> it can set People Free even from there "wrong doings " not just CONDEMN
THEM.
> BUT I heard no love or peace in your "Pacificism/Pacifism" and therefore
it
> could easily be interpreted as hate! I guess I believe that we must
practice
> love for all people, even those who we believe to be wrong, or who we know
to
> be different. "Pacifism without love is Religiosity !" you know why?
> BECAUSE LOVE WILL LAY DOWN IT'S LIFE FOR YOU! "GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN
THAN
> HE WILL LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND"! LOVE WILL FIGHT FOR YOU AND YES
> LOVE WILL DIE FOR YOU TOO! GUESS WHAT "SOMEBODY ALREADY DIED FOR YOU, so
as
> it stands don't be shocked if SOMEONE'S DIED FOR YOU TODAY TOO!"
>
> A true Pacifist is willing to make peace, to live in peace, to turn the
other
> cheek and not just talk about it! But you DEAR MICHAEL were as war like
in
> your declaration as any soldier! I personally don't have it all together,
I
> get mad as H-E-L-L sometimes, and like you I probably would like to call
it
> righteous indignation!
>
> Michael, In truth I was struck by your willingness to wound others in the
> name of peace, although I understood where you were coming from. But are
you
> really any different because you have no gun? Go back and read your words,
> there was no forgiveness, love or healing for others in them. Ah, the
tone
> in which you spoke of your family traditions such reverence for them such
> mixed with such disdain for the traditions and beliefs for the family or
> others. We were all wanting to admire them for we too hold family
traditions
> dear, but you must know they were paid for with a price, they were not
> accomplished in a vacuum, on an island! Your family did these things, but
> where is your donation to peace, where is your personal sacrifice to the
> preservation of life. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO IMPROVE THE LIVE OF OTHERS?
OH
> BOY DON'T WE ALL LIKE TO STAND ON A SOAP BOX!
>
> "THE THING THAT HATH BEEN, IT IS THAT WHICH SHALL BE; AND THAT WHICH IS
DONE,
> IS THAT WHICH SHALL BE DONE; AND THERE IS NO NEW THING UNDER THE SUN."
> (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
>
> 1. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under
the
> heaven:
> 2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
> pluck up that which is planted;
> 3. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time
to
> build up;
> 4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to
> dance;
> 5. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a
time
> to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
> 6. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast
> away;
> 7. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time
to
> speak;
> 8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
>
> "My Brother" you think some people are warriors and others are not, some
> killers and others are not, some peacemakers and others are not? We all
hate
> war but the truth is most of us have never known Peace, and wouldn't know
> what to do with it if it was given to us on a silver platter. We would
find
> something to bicker over like we did here at this genealogy list today.
>
> So Michael you have not killed, nor any of your generations before you,
and
> after you are gone, it is your desire to be remembered for something.
Well,
> since every one must die, righteous or not, than you can have those words
set
> aside for your epitaph, and the minister can say it over your casket, if
you
> pay in advance since you have no children then they will, put it own your
> tombstone for all to see but will you be any less dead?
>
> You see you may not have killed, but haven't you did anything else wrong?
"
> Let him without sin cast the first stone." Really I'm not trying to threw
> any rocks at you are anyone else, but please remember "when or if " you
try
> to minister to others you must mix your truth with love and yes,
compassion
> for others. What I am trying to share with you is this fact, there is
"war
> waged every day" in the name of PEACE, but you must watch who and how you
> fight! Michael please don't kill anybody with your tongue! We are your
> brothers and sisters, right or wrong, like it or not, AND be careful lest
you
> become like CAIN, and when God ask you about us find yourself saying "
AM
> I MY BROTHERS KEEPER?"
>
> Well, ARE YOU Michael ? Your brothers keeper, I Mean?
> PEACE AND LOVE
> Rev. Judith A. Young
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