To the sons and daughters of our Father Abraham throughout the world, the sons and daughters of Ismael and Isaac, the beautiful Haggar and the beloved Sarah.

We come together to unite the divided sons of Abraham, but how?
What is it that can bring the children of God together?
What is it that can change hearts and renew souls?
How do we find the source of great peace, mercy and Love?
What is it that can unite the heavens and the earth?
What will reconcile man with himself and man with his brothers in humanity?
To what does the human race offer it's praise and offer thanksgiving and love to?

In the same way that the Prodigal Son returned to his Father after a period of being lost and astray, as did Ishmael return to the bossom of his father, Abraham.
Likewise, we return to the bossom of Christ which existed before the creation of the world, Saviour and God.
He came to evangelise to the feeble and to heal the broken hearted; he came to call the lost and to free the captives.
He came to comfort the sorrowful, to replace ashes with beauty, and Joy instead of mourning.
He clothed us with praise in the place of a downcast soul;
He came to build up neglected strongholds, and to renew destroyed cities.
Through him, we are able to witness with freedom, with healing, peace and love even though as the sons of Ishmael for years neglected, avoided, denied and battled against you, still you found us and calmed us, had mercy upon us and sanctified us.
You brought us back to the bossom of the father, much like the lost unites with his mother. You are, to one that drowns a ship of salvation, and therefore as sons of Ishmael, you have crowned us with the privelage to testify through the simple pages of this book our Love for you; our submission to you; our acceptance of you and to all your ways.