A Humble Prayer To God (Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

(in answer to Charl-Pierre Naudé)

You do certainly sometimes use pain
to guide and teach man at times
and it's something that a human being cannot escape
but Your heart if full of love, mercy and it's sincere.
On this rebel earth You did experience pain Yourself,
but it did not come with Your perfect creation
and before Your great work at times I am astonished and blind,
do know that pain will come more and more with old age,
also that it's a thing from sin that brings heartache,
that the sirocco of faith through You always brings deliverance,
that like any other father You do jump into the fire
where Your are constantly look out for the welfare of Your children
and on this earth as the great doctor You did stop pain and suffering
where I am kneeling here humbly and only yearn for Your silent closeness.

[Reference:"Charl-Pierre bid tot God" (Charl-Pierre prays to God)by Charl-Pierre Naudé.]

© Gert Strydom