April 17, 2020: In Relationshp to God and to Our World

In Relationship to God and to Our World

I see God when I find a friend;

A person that I need to know,

But when conflict arises that we can’t amend,

Where does the friendship go?

I seek for God because God is the Friend

Who knows what I’m going through,

Though I’m cursed by afflictions I can’t comprehend,

And have no idea what to do.

I see God as a relationship

To myself and to the greater community,

But everyone clings to their personal trip,

And we scatter.  So where is the unity?

And sometimes I think I see the Lord,

When that’s really not what I see.

I think It asks me to wield a sword,

When the problem’s all about me.

I don’t see God in every place;

In every bridge and wall.

I don’t see God in every face,

Though I know It’s in us all!

I serve a God who is kind;

Who holds all of life in its weave.

I see It as One who identifies.

I see It as That which conceives,

Infusing the earth with its wisdom and power,

And finishing all that’s begun;

Nurturing seeds to grow and flower

In the balance of the rain and the sun.

I don’t see God in every place;

In every bridge and wall.

I’m looking for God in every face,

Because I know It’s in us all!