Confusion

Who is God?

A Poem: Confusion

Because we want you to be
What we want,
Where we want,
When we want,
We don’t accept
You being you.
We live our lives upside-down.
Instead of living your image,
We make you into ours.
We expect the answer to
Our prayers as always “yes;”
We expect everything
To always turn out okay.
When they are not,
We get confused,
Then angry.
Why can’t you be
What we want you to be?
Why can’t you exist 
As we have created you?
Because you are the Creator!
We are the created.
Life never works
Upside-down

A Prayer: Please Give Me

Gracious and holy Father, please give me 
intellect to understand you, 
reason to discern you, 
diligence to seek you, 
wisdom to find you, 
a spirit to know you, 
a heart to meditate upon you, 
ears to hear you, 
eyes to see you, 
a tongue to proclaim you, 
a way of life pleasing to you, 
patience to wait for you, 
and perseverance to look for you. 
— Benedict of Nursia

A Passage: For Reflection

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
and your ways are not my ways."
This is the LORD's declaration.
"For as heaven is higher than earth, 
so my ways are higher than your ways, 
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
— Isaiah 55:8-9 CSB