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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 . . .
Up the ladder:
The mountain has come to Mohammed
Down the ladder:
Christ For Sale
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Posted: July 30, 2004 7:54 PM PDT; Last modified: July 30, 2004 7:54 PM PDTWeighted score: 5.6915636 Overall Rank: 1978 Comments:
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electroman1979 @ 198.81.26.16
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30-Jul-04/8:09 PM
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the great mind of God knows what time is yes, but knows no time, God always was, always is and always will be, God created time, so to say He only helps those in the present is somewhat false... Rather, he helps those who want to be helped, who ask for it, whenever in whatever time
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Dovina @ 24.52.157.176
> electroman1979
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31-Jul-04/10:20 AM
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I respect your Christian position on this, and would respect it even more if you would try to see the relationship between the two columns or sides of the poem, and try to see how thinking in the present aids in understanding. Thank you.
A Ranticle about god is angst that aggravates misunderstanding. Just remember the sentence. "What Would Jesus Do?" Keep in mind "We're all dying (some faster than others)." Ah there's the peace we seek. -9-
If I have aggravated misunderstanding, then I have succeeded. If I have shown two conversations about the same thing, then I have succeeded more. Thanks.
You're two for two.
Thanks.
INSIPID I'm gigantic, flapping, and of indeterminate sexuality.
I see, you are gigantically tasteless and of undetermined sexuality. Thank you for sharing.
INSIPID Is this poem or quiz?
A poem.
i.e. - "YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT ME":
You can, it just hurts a little more.
Some can, but in some there seems to be a god-shaped hole that nothing else can satisfy, even if doing so passes understanding.
Are you yelling at yourself in your head? This is what confuses/bugs me about this. 8 for now.
Conversation with deity is much like yelling at yourself in your head. Maybe itâs 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 Godâs 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 âWhy am I not able to deal with this?â And then the guilt falls on him for not having enough faith, which he interprets as god saying, âWhose fault is that?â 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 thatâs what I was groping with. Thanks.
again, I should trust my instincts. upgraded.
Thanks. To the instincts of traveler and poet.
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