When tragedy strikes, who is to blame?
If a car crash snatches a loved one,
or corruption swallows up good intent?
Surely it is God? God, who is in control of all things?
God, who takes away the Light?
But what if it isn’t God? What if it is us?
What if God is innocent, but has allowed us to be?
What if it is we who have darkened the Light?
What if it is we who are to blame?
Do we cut ourselves off, in our misery?
Do we cast ourselves away?
Do we clothe ourselves with a greater darkness?
Do we hide from the Light?
The Light came to illuminate the darkness.
The Light came for us.
When tragedy strikes, who is to blame?
God. Surely it is God.
It can’t be us, it can’t be, because that would hurt too deeply.
We will darken the Light, instead: we will darken it.
We will smother it with ourselves.
Lest God come, and affront our hearts;
Lest he make himself truly known to us, in his Light.
Lest he uncover us, in our hiding, and change us with the full intensity of his Light.
God is a surgeon of the heart.
All that remains is to know who we truly are.
Sometimes accurate theology can be detrimental to good living. Sure I attribute ALL to God’s good, or other, hand; hey I wouldn’t be religious if I didn’t. But is continuing denial that self may be to blame helpful?
Not really.
But is it realistic?
Totally.
How does ‘God rules all’ (the last word stressed) speak to this necessity?
This is theology!
Sometimes accurate theology can be detrimental to good living. Sure I attribute ALL to God’s good, or other, hand; hey I wouldn’t be religious if I didn’t. But is continuing denial that self may be to blame helpful?
Not really.
But is it realistic?
Totally.
How does ‘God rules all’ (the last word stressed) speak to this necessity?
This is theology!