Pentecostalism Could Be A Death Sentence Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Dale and Leilani Neumann did pray over their daughter,
-that she should be healed.
Madeline, their daughter, was found later to have been afflicted with juvenile diabetes
Madeline lay on the floor comatose while her parent’s friends prayed and kneeled
On their knees
Dale had been an avowed Pentecostal,
-that claimed prayer was the only answer
To this disease, an autoimmune disease, not a cancer
How wrong was he?
Madeline died, --gone, kaput, fini, nada, nyet--she was dead.
“Neumann, who once studied to be a Pentecostal minister,
testified Thursday that he believed God would heal his daughter
and he never expected her to die.
God promises in the Bible to heal, he said.

(Madeline could have been carnally ‘saved’,
-by getting diagnosed and properly treated for her illness.)

He did give his explanation, too late and to few,
'If I go to the doctor, I am putting the doctor before God, ' Neumann testified.
'I am not believing what he said he would do.'

Insulin, Insulin, Insulin --now to the court, -
- a crime to address.
Dale and Leilani should know by now,
-that God works through the host medical professions.
I am a testament to that, because my brain was racked with large lesions,
Of which chemotherapy, Novantrone,
-worked to succumb them by the Almighty’s hand.
It is pity that fathers and mothers put their children through such torment.
Dale and Leilani each face 25 years in prison after being convicted of neglect.
But in the end, they will to confront the final Judge,
And to God’s lap, they will find Madeline,
What more than that would they expect?

8-17-09