Do you realize that everything that
happens to you is because of God’s will?
Every time your wife yells at you and
slams the door, it is God’s will. And that
time at work when you forgot to re-order
the Mop & Glo, it was God that wanted
you to forget. Maybe he just wanted to
give you a day off from shining floors. But
when the maintenance supervisor reamed
you out for not re-ordering, was that God’s
will too? I think God’s will extends to
inanimate things too. Like, I think it was
God’s will that a particular leaf fell from a
particular tree at a particular moment. And
that big stain that won’t come out of your
carpet? I guess God just doesn’t want it to
come out, although you have to concede
that you didn’t really scrub very hard.
Why do you keep that raggedy old carpet
around anyway? I think your floor
coverings need to be “reborn” if you know
what I mean.
I'm not quite sure your stuff is poetry because there are no easy rhymes and not every line starts with an uppercase letter. I sure do enjoy reading it, though.
I've been trying to unravel, to much bull the past 30 + YEARS I've had it, I'll go along with my favorite cartoon hero when I was a kid. Popeye the sailer ' I am what I am, and thats all what I am ' What is this some kind of race, if so o.k. you win I lose. but I'm here if needed
If God is immortal, perhaps he hasn't bothered to draw up a will? -chuck
I've been following these satirical pieces on church life/God, and they are fun to read and have very clever conclusions. In the way of a suggestion, it has occured to me when reading them, that not much attention has been given to 'lines.' I would jiggle the lines so that they seem more like poetry lines than prose that's been broken randomly. You have a nice little book going here, and I would think these poems would be easy to publish elsewhere. Keep them coming. John.
I agree with Rusty, however an important time for ' God's will, ' is when healing in tramatic occurances, and grief. An excellent way for people to have closure on pain unanswered. I suppose that is why people who love deeply and perhaps lose a child or partner, often turn to god, with the belief of hope and faith to be reunited. Crutch or not. Enjoyed the poem for it's dicipline over excused behaviours and choices people make.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I here you PH. Most Christians think God is constantly micromanaging everything. I personally it is because they don't want to accept responsibility. In my opinion God put everything into motion and said 'have at it kids, I'll see you on the other side'.