THE EDITOR, Sir:AS ONE of the inhabitants of Jamaica, land we love, I brace myself for the year 2006, with little hope for a cessation in the gun killings. By faith, however, I sought refuge in the good book.
Taking my Bible in hand, I opened it four days prior to the close of 2005, and without electing consciously so to do, I was faced with the 4th Chapter of the Book of Micah.
I have adopted the 3rd verse, in part, as my prayer for the coming year, to the Creator of this cherished land. The elected section reads thus:-
"...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks ... neither shall they learn war any more"
I cannot lose hope, as I subscribe to the thought that good will eventually have victory over evil.
And to the many men who have shed the blood of so many of us in 2005, and are walking amongst us feeling that they have not been caught, remember that the Creator, the Father of your victims, was a witness to your evil deeds, and he is the most awesome judge you will ever have to face. Amen.
I am, etc.,
BERT S. SAMUELS
Attorney-at-law
33 Duke Street, Kingston
