by godsprincessOwego, New York, USA
Nov 2018 518 Views 27 comments
TAKE TIME TO BE HUMBLE
Taking for granted God’s gift of health
Unprepared for unexpected problems dealt
Brought to a screeching halt and afraid
We are reminded to stop and pray
Why is it when we are in trouble we call
But when we are busy we don’t until we fall
Our Father wishes to hear from us everyday
Take time from your work and play
When we are in trouble He sends help our way
Humbling us to remember He is just a call away
Using others to show His love is always there
We at least can take time to talk to Him in prayer
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Posted: Nov 2018
About this poem:
This week I came to a screeching halt with a torn cartilage in my right knee. He sent my church family to help me out so very much. Not sure how long will be laid up but I know I am loved by him - my brothers and my church brothers and sisters.Poems entered on these pages are copyrighted by the authors who entered them. They cannot be reproduced without the author's written consent. © Copyright 2001-2021. All rights reserved.
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Comments (27)
Sorry to hear about your injury I did that many moons ago was painful and slow healing process ..
Hope you are better soon
Unfortunately I'm afraid that we all sometimes take too much for granted, and so often forget or don't bother ~ to give thanks.
Mady
Your Poem, so True!
Tis truly a poem that touched
the inners of us all ~
Well Done!
Hoping our C/S Poet friend gets well soon ~
JimEee
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Spiritual but not religious (to me) means that there is something out there much bigger than ourselves. We call that thing the universe. It is full of strange energies and matter, interwoven with the space time continuum; in a way that we do not understand. This vast (and maybe infinite universe) is none the less completely amoral (in terms of being good or evil) and is subject to the laws of physics only; and as far as I can see, nothing else.
The spiritual part is those mysteries, that which we do not understand. Having said all of this; I do not think that there is any type of benevolent being out there. Possibly, (and quite likely), there are other intelligent life forms out there; however, regarding the "Big Man Upstairs", well he in my opinion, is nowhere to be found. (Either that, or he went on permanent holiday, a long time ago, and is not intending to return).
To give you an example, Google the recent tidal wave in Indonesia. This killed well in excess of several hundreds of people, and must have permanently maimed many more, (not to mention all of the innocent animals). Included here are blameless children, and adults ranging from the very good and devout, to the very wicked "evildoers." No doubt, devout people around the world have offered up their prayers for the poor unfortunates caught up in that particular catastrophe.
You would have to ask yourself, however, why would God, (who makes all things perfectly) include an inbuilt system of tsunamis (and Earth quakes, avalanches etc etc, for our planet) when he apparently made Heaven an Earth "perfectly" (as you seem to think is the case). Add to this, all of the cruelty, unfairness, and mayhem in the world; and most rational people would have to conclude that there is nothing up there, nothing down there, and btw, nothing off to either side as well. You see, natural disasters (to give but one example) are caused by the laws of Physics (only) as I have pointed out above. That is my view on the situation, Kathy, and if any of this may upset you, then just be aware that I am merely answering the question that you have asked me regarding my comment (above).
I would wish to make clear, however, that I respect your right to be as religious as you like, and to believe anything that you like, and that is entirely your right. I wish to make that abundantly clear. I do not wish to offend you in any way.
I could go further, and site many other examples; but I am running out of space in this comments section. I believe I have answered your question, and I sincerely wish that you will not be offended in any way....
But if God is not the author of tragedy or evil or death, where did they come from? Well, God has existed from eternity past as the Father, Son and Spirit, together in a relationship of perfect love. So love is the highest value in the universe. And when God decided to create human beings, he wanted us to experience love. But to give us the ability to love, God had to give us free will to decide whether to love or not to love. Why? Because love always involves a choice."
he second kind of evil is called natural evil. These are things like wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes that cause suffering for people. But these, too, are the indirect result of sin being allowed into the world. As one author explained: “When we humans told God to shove off, He partially honored our request. Nature began to revolt. The earth was cursed. Genetic breakdown and disease began. Pain and death became part of the human experience.”
The Bible says it’s because of sin that nature was corrupted and “thorns and thistles” entered the world. Romans 8:22 says, “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” In other words, nature longs for redemption to come and for things to be set right. That’s the source of disorder and chaos.
Let’s make this crystal clear once more: God did not create evil and suffering. Now, it’s true that he did create the potential for evil to enter the world, because that was the only way to create the potential for genuine goodness and love. But it was human beings, in our free will, who brought that potential evil into reality.
So much more to the article this man wrote. But basically the human race caused it's own problems.
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Kathy
Just a few more more things. It would appear that you believe all of this stuff in the absolute (literal) sense. Now I am not a Biblical expert, as I can see that you are. I just wish to say this: It is beyond me, in this day and age how anyone can believe that we were somehow "created" by God when there is more than ample fossil evidence for evolution. As Dostoyevsky says in his classic existential essay: Notes From Underground: "when some body much smarter than you proves that you were descended from a monkey...don't get upset and jump up and down, accept it for a fact" (slightly paraphrased; however they are words to this effect). Now that smarter person to whom Dostoyevsky refers was in fact Charles Darwin (you may have heard of him).
Commonsense would tell you that we have to be descended from a previous animal ancestor, and in our case that just happens to be a particular branch of the primate family (monkeys). It would appear that you really do believe that we came into existence like a puff of smoke (as in a magician's trick). I suppose that was 6000 years ago was it? I find that sad, personally, particularly now that we are well and truly out of the Dark Ages. Did God throw in a few dinosaur and mammoth fossils just to confuse us? Well if he did, he certainly has a sense of humor.
Anyway we could go on and on about this, and I can see that you have your beliefs regardless (despite ample tangible/physical evidence to the contrary). Once again you are entitled to these beliefs, just as I am entitled to mine, and I respect this. I wish you well, and I would still consider you a friend in the Poet's Corner...
Kathy
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Which you describe well.
Ru
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