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Peace that Passes Understanding (Free verse) by Dovina

Who does the great mind of God help? Peace IT HELPS ONLY THOSE IN THE PRESENT. that Why am I not able to deal with this? passes WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? under- How is this to be grasped? standing. NO ONE GRASPS IT. Peace Then nothing can be relied upon. that HOWEVER, YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT ME. passes . . .

Dovina 1-Aug-04/9:11 AM
Conversation with deity is much like yelling at yourself in your head. Maybe it’s the same thing. In the first line, the believer asks who the great mind of god helps, implying that he has developed doubts and thinks there may not be such a mind. The answer, which I show as God’s words, is my experience that such help comes in the present, inside us, to comfort the believer and not so much in the physical world as he wants to believe. Once he comes to this attitude, he becomes bewildered and asks why, or “Why am I not able to deal with this?” And then the guilt falls on him for not having enough faith, which he interprets as god saying, “Whose fault is that?” After some groping, the believer decides that nothing can be relied upon. To which god answers, yes, but you cannot do without me because I made you with a need which only I can fill. Once the believer understands this he obtains a peace, which is beyond understanding, or without understanding or logic. I may not have earned more than an 8, but that’s what I was groping with. Thanks.




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