Blessed Love,
I Father is Jah, and your Father is Jah.
Let I and I return and live by the council of I and I Father. Jah is right and true, so I and I must be right and true. Jah is not partial but is equal, so I and I must not be partial, but must be equal. Jah forgives even great iniquities, so I and I must forgive. Jah is merciful unto all, so I and I must be merciful.
As man and woman, these qualities are far from us. It goes against our thinking, and is hard to Iverstand. I have a hard time forgiving the wickedness of the people who hurt others. If a wicked man did something to my family, I don't think I would show any mercy.
But Jah has dealt with us in these ways. If He didn't, we would all be dead a long time ago. This is the way that Jah is, and it is the way that I and I are to be, to live as One.
I don't feel that by living the ways of Jah, that a wicked man could continue in wickedness. Because I and I must protect Iself against an attacker. But I sight that the way of Jah is to forgive and show mercy to those that do wickedness, when the thing is done and finished.
Selassie I showed this mercy to the Italian army after they were defeated. When the Italians were fighting, Ethiopia fought against their wickedness. But after Selassie I gathered the armies and stopped the wickedness, He didn't return wickedness to the wicked.
Even though this was not a situation where two neighbors were fighting over a border, where mercy could be understood. It was an outside attacker, that had no rightful place even near Ethiopia. A foreigner that came and killed innocent ones and tried to take control over a land and people. Ethiopia never went to Italy to attack them, they only defended against an attacker.
Even under these circumstances, where I personally would not feel sorry if the Ethiopians killed all the remaining soldiers. If I was in their position, I would have wanted to kill the attackers, and probably many Ethiopians also wanted to kill these wicked men. Because those wicked men came and caused so much death to people that didn't do anything against them.
Jah example is Selassie I example, so even though the situation was this way, Selassie I still Lead by Jah example. He took their weapons and told them to go back from the way they came.
Today is the beginning of a new era in the history of Ethiopia. Since this is so, do not reward evil for evil, do not commit any act of cruelty like those which the enemy committed against us. Do not allow the enemy any occasion to foul the good name of Ethiopia. We shall take his weapons and make him return by the way he came.
The closer our ways are to Jah ways, the closer I and I will be to Jah. And I and I will hear Jah voice much clearer and more often, because I and I will learn to Iverstand Jah language unto I and I. Jah will guide all of our ways, and I and I will not be separate in any way.
Jah RasTafarI Lives and Reigns,
Ark I
RasTafarI
Haile Selassie I
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