Swords into Plowshares

A visit to the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA, is a sobering reminder of at least a couple of things.  There are some things worth fighting for, and yes dying for.  A couple of those things would be the end of tyranny, slavery of any kind, and the end of all wars.  Isn’t that ironic, fighting for the end of armed conflict?  I think that humanity has the right, and the hope to look forward to the day when the prophet declared that the instruments of war, hate, and violence would be turned into instruments of peace.The transformation of swords into plowshares is the promise of a productive society that is providing for the needs of all.