A sort of discourse
Dried up on poems a bit.....
I suppose it\'s easy following a God or god
When all is easy and calm
All nice and cosy, sensing His presence
And blessings abounding
Yet He is there with us, in and through trials too
Tests of faith at times? or always?
Not to condemn hymns
Yet some can be rather \'general\'
And one can \'hide\' behind them
Some are focused entirely on God
Giving him praise and worship
But it\'s a relationship
It\'s as is written - God our heavenly Father
So we must be His children, His people
His sons and daughters
His princes and princesses even
As He is also Lord and King
Will we grow in Him? Will I grow in Him?
Will we grow in faith?
It\'s not \'religion\' in a sense of
Observing rules and regulations
That was the Pharisees\' trouble
And they got Jesus\' rebuke of \'hypocrites\'
There\'s books like:
\'When bad things happen to good people\', etc
We like it calm, cosy, all on an even keel
Yet troubles have their place too
Whatever human life may \'throw\' at us, good or bad
I suppose we wouldn\'t grow
If we were always on \'holiday\' (as a metaphor)
If nothing changed
If nothing inspired us
Though we may not all experience
Persecutions, even martyrdom and death
As some have of old
And still some today