Show me one Who possesses fire in his right hand And lightning in his left
Where is your eternal God And why am I so unworthy To speak Or hold communion with?
Did he create me in such complexity To solve his infinite riddles and discern with my power of reason the difference between Him and millenial history?!
Why must I believe In that which I cannot prove
If faith is so important Then why so many faiths? Where were we meant to draw the line?
"I do not believe" Is such a complex thing, itself In the Christian God? In the Jewish God? In the Muslim God? Your pick
The One Single God As if they could be the same Should one exist If somehow only one If somehow it could be proven Just one, none more But who could really say?
On the premise of faith You take your pick And somehow discredit One, against the other
'In Yahweh, I have found faith..' But not in Allah, I wonder why? How do you determine your faith To One God, against the Many God's Lie?
I marvel at your dedication I am confounded by your complicity I cringe at the thought That your Universal God Might accept your blind faith And somehow not me
Here in my dark and painful reality I am injured and wanting and free To chose faith and complacence To any God that I might But none have presented And even I should resent it This 'Devil' that so well you have known- Yet now he doesn't chase me
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Posted: Apr 2010
About this poem:
I spent a good portion of my life believing what I was told to believe.
Someone help me find the truth?
I will believe in the God who speaks with me. I will not hold court with riddles and history. If I am to believe in a God, it will be the Living God. It will be one concerned with my existence. It will not be an ancient sovereign who is beyond my reach. It will be He who Cares and Touches my Soul, Not the cold and isolated, distant Father of the sinful Church.