I am at War
I live a life so sheltered from the physical wars going on around me,
Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Somalia, Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen and many more to name,
I live a life blissfully unaware of my blessings and luxuries,
Millions being tortured, sold, dying, starving, sick and crying out for our help that never came,
So no we are not the same.
The war that I face is for my soul, attention and energy that the enemy is trying to claim,
He will whisper lies into our ears that if God was real then why would he allow so much suffering and pain?
But this pain is mankind's doing as they let their own flesh, desires and greed win so God is not to blame,
This is a story we have heard one too many times that God has had to sit through over and over again.
They are too distracted with the enemies false promise of riches, land, status and fame,
That they no longer see the worth of love, joy, and purpose that Jesus was sent to proclaim.
The dystopian films I grew up watching are no longer far from my view the world's frame,
Someday's I wish Genesis 1 ended verse 25 as we do not reflect the image in which we were made.
But I am at war with myself and must hold onto hope that humanity can be saved.
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Charlotte3 (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This poem only captures a fragment of the horrific things taking place in our world today. We read it in the news and sympathise for a second before getting uncomfortable and shutting it out. There are no sides to war because victims land either side. We are all God's people.
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I have no religion. So I usually avoid pins which have religious connotations in their title or pseudonym.
Not long out of bed – still sleepy, saw ‘war’ and went for it.
Glad I did – I found it well structured with a coherent argument, which I like.
So just one small question (which you can afford to ignore): Just what is the role of God? Noninterventionist? A bystander?
Did enjoy the poem, though. 😊
Thanks for that, and I asked out of pure curiosity in an attempt to understand how your beliefs interpreted the absolute mess humans find themselves on earth. I value the time you took to answer me, rather than the often one liner which can be seen everywhere on MPS.
And I came to emojis late in life so when i use them...... my 🙂only meant that I wanted you to see that it was a friendly query......
No worries! I love anyone showing any curiosity to my beliefs whatever they choose to believe in so thank you for your question it did stop and make me think 🙂
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