Where?
02.21.06 (3:05 am) [edit] Where is God people ask? When suffering Deep and penetrating Grips the soul. When the sufferings, Trails, Injustices of life Drag others down Into a deep ravine Dark and cold With no escape in sight. Children killed By hungry predators; Women beaten, Raped, By men filled with rage, Locked within themselves Seeking outlet, A victim sought For relief from their own powerlessness They cannot shake. The world screams Everyone is part of this chorus The good The so called evil All partake in some measure Some more Others less Of the pain of the world. Where is God? In our hearts, With us in our pain and despair Not seeking escape Not turning away One with us in love. We experience existence once Our lifetimes short Fleeting, Until death releases us. No end for God Whose love Demands participation, In suffering….. One with us, Closer to us than our skin and bones, More intimate, More passionate, To the least, The most forgotten, The hated, Than two lovers entwined Naked in their embrace, Giving all to the other. Love invites pain There is no escape. God is infinite love So what of the pain Of the Presence The lover of our souls? Where is God? The answer is not easy Perhaps not comforting Since the mystery Can only be answered In the journey itself In allowing the love of God In the radical embrace Of life to be one with us in love. God does not answer to us Instead he pursues us Draws us Into the Embrace Of Loves All consuming If hidden Presence. |
posted by: graceshaker (reply)
post date: 02.22.06 (9:27 am)
God is not removed from pain and suffering. he was wounded for our iniquities and bruised for our transgressions...and by his stripes we are healed.
posted by: mitchdolittle (reply)
post date: 02.22.06 (10:39 am)
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peace
Mark
posted by: mitchdolittle (reply)
post date: 03.09.06 (5:49 am)
Thanks littlechichi for you kind comment.
peace
Mitch