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Category: Disaster / Topics: Beliefs • Faith • Nature • Tragedy
Faith Quakes
Posted: January 17, 2010
Surviving 7.0 doubt…
The death toll mounts
The body count
exceeds our greatest fear.
This dreaded quake
and anguished wakes
prompt questions. Is God here?
This tragedy
it seems to me
(much like we've seen before)
is hardly fair.
How could God care?
The victims are so poor!
In Port au Prince
we have a glimpse
of how a nation grieves.
Their plight of pain
means God is blamed.
Doubt mocks faith
to believe.
But nonetheless,
I will confess
I cannot understand
these "acts of God"
that seem so odd
(allowed or by command).
As body count
increases doubt
in One who claims control,
I choose to trust
(because I must)
the Shepherd of my soul.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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