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Why God?

By Kathryn Taylor

My anger stirs at God

For just sitting way up there-

Why did He spare His wrath

As if He didn’t care?

How can I call Him Father,

When He didn’t keep me safe?

Was I just not good enough?

To Him, was I only a waif?

How could He let it happen?

Why did He turn His back?

He’s no one to be trusted-

I know this for a fact-

The more I think about

Just how my God should be,

The more I begin to realize

This God is not for me!

Then, one night, I had a dream-

My brother was in distress-

He was crying out for help-

He was in a dreadful mess-

Instead of trying to help,

His friends all ran away-

His mom cried, “Father, save Him!

Don’t let it end this way!”

But, He was all alone

To face the abuse He bore-

Not even God intervened,

Coming to settle the score-

I stared at His bloodstained feet,

The ones that walked on water-

I looked at His nail-staked hands,

That had the healing touch of His father-

I gazed at the crown of thorns,

That should have been purest gold-

I touched the wound in His side,

His body, growing cold-

I saw His tear-streaked face,

Not shed for Himself at all,

But shed for a sin-filled world,

That couldn’t understand His call-

But, even though He understood,

He still felt all the pain

Of being alone and unjustly killed

To cleanse our crimson stain-

What did Jesus see in God,

That I’m not able to see?

How was God a father to Him,

That I won’t let Him be?

God,

Help me to trust You,

Like Jesus did as if blind-

Instill faith deep in my heart,

So deep that Satan can’t find-

Reveal to me a spark of hope

For the purpose of my life-

Show me a glimpse of glory

That you’ll bring out of my strife-

Help me to see the God

Who I need to see so clearly,

And help me to know the Father,

Whom Jesus knew loved Him dearly- Amen

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So many people.......so hurting and broken.....so angry at GOD..........

So often......you meet people who have gone through such hurt and heartache in life......It is very easy for someone to blame God.....Why didn't He stop it? Why did he let it happen? It's a hard concept to realize that because God gave us free will, free to love HIM or not, free to be good, free to be kind, free to do what we want......It also gives others the right to use those freedoms to hurt...to violate...to be cruel.... heartless...full of hate....

Without God....all of us are capable of doing awful things. How many times have you found yourself down the road, thinking, how did I get here? I never meant for my life to turn out this way.....

To better understand GOD, by reading His Word and being in a relationship with HIM...do we come to a place of learning what Christ knew.......

That HE is a kind and loving God....a Father to the fatherless, a husband to the widow.....a Lover of our souls...who gave the ultimate to win us back to Himself....to reconcile with our sinful hearts....to give us back what we had lost in the garden to Satan......to spend eternity with Him....Seek Him that He may be found......