Where Is God When It Hurts! ? Poem by Denis Martindale

Within the realm freewill exists,
A holy war takes place,
A time each victim still persists
With tears upon the face...
For tears are symbols of the pain,
The hurts that won't depart,
With very little left to gain
To comfort each sad heart...

That's why Lord Jesus came to Earth,
That's why He brought Good News,
That's why He proved that each has worth,
Both Gentiles and the Jews...
That's why He walked from town to town,
Disciples at His side,
That's why He wore a cruel crown
When Christ was crucified...

Yet here we pray, beyond that time,
Two thousand years or so,
Though Jesus Christ remains sublime,
Our very thoughts to know...
That's why the Holy Spirit came,
To comfort and inspire,
To point us to Christ's Holy Name,
Because there proves no higher...

And through His Blood and death divine,
We know life's not the end,
But sufferings, both yours and mine,
Are hard to comprehend...
No wonder, then, that hearts will fail
And hearts will turn away
And tears from sad eyes swell and trail,
Perhaps by night and day...

Yet God's still faithful to forgive
And mansions to prepare,
Beyond this mortal life we live,
In Heaven, Christ waits there...
He waits, the Lord of Lords, dear saints,
He waits, the King of Kings,
He's well aquainted with complaints
And all that sorrow brings...

Yet there remains a destiny,
That saints are hoping for,
That spans for all eternity,
That thrills us to the core...
Our mortal frames are just for now,
New forms God must provide,
So spirit-filled they thrive somehow,
For such Lord Jesus died...

By faith, we're meant to persevere
And not by sight alone,
By faith, for Jesus Christ lives here,
With miracles still shown...
Death takes the best, death takes the worst,
Death takes the young and old,
But if you put God's Kingdom first,
Christ's hand you learn to hold...


Denis Martindale, copyright October 2015.


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