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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 . . .

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Arithmetic Mean: 7.571429
Weighted score: 5.6915636
Overall Rank: 1975
Posted: July 30, 2004 7:54 PM PDT; Last modified: July 30, 2004 7:54 PM PDT
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[n/a] electroman1979 @ 198.81.26.16 | 30-Jul-04/8:09 PM | Reply
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
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > electroman1979 | 31-Jul-04/10:20 AM | Reply
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.
[9] Dan garcia-Black @ 66.159.232.26 | 31-Jul-04/9:12 AM | Reply
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-
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > Dan garcia-Black | 31-Jul-04/10:16 AM | Reply
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.
[9] Dan garcia-Black @ 67.122.14.144 > Dovina | 31-Jul-04/3:08 PM | Reply
You're two for two.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > Dan garcia-Black | 31-Jul-04/3:09 PM | Reply
Thanks.
[n/a] deleted user @ 24.222.81.233 > Dovina | 31-Jul-04/3:40 PM | Reply
INSIPID I'm gigantic, flapping, and of indeterminate sexuality.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > deleted user | 31-Jul-04/3:46 PM | Reply
I see, you are gigantically tasteless and of undetermined sexuality. Thank you for sharing.
[n/a] deleted user @ 24.222.81.233 | 31-Jul-04/4:08 PM | Reply
INSIPID Is this poem or quiz?
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > deleted user | 31-Jul-04/4:10 PM | Reply
A poem.
[8] wilco @ 66.162.22.123 | 31-Jul-04/4:19 PM | Reply
i.e. - "YOU CANNOT DO WITHOUT ME":

You can, it just hurts a little more.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > wilco | 31-Jul-04/4:22 PM | Reply
Some can, but in some there seems to be a god-shaped hole that nothing else can satisfy, even if doing so passes understanding.
[9] INTRANSIT @ 64.12.116.70 | 1-Aug-04/6:38 AM | Reply
Are you yelling at yourself in your head? This is what confuses/bugs me about this. 8 for now.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > INTRANSIT | 1-Aug-04/9:11 AM | Reply
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.
[9] INTRANSIT @ 205.188.116.147 > Dovina | 5-Aug-04/6:36 AM | Reply
again, I should trust my instincts. upgraded.
[n/a] Dovina @ 24.52.157.176 > INTRANSIT | 5-Aug-04/10:46 AM | Reply
Thanks. To the instincts of traveler and poet.
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