BEWARE GOD’S WILL
All these people, sincerely believing they are doing God’s will. All these people, inflicting suffering for God...and yes, there are two interpretations of that last sentence.
Invoke God’s will and watch the conflict begin.
Invoke God’s will and listen to the rising
anger.
Invoke God’s will, I defy you to do it
passively, unless making excuses for some cataclysm, tragedy, suffering, or
God-forsaken wretch.
Invoke God’s will, and condemn.
Invoke God’s will, and turn away.
Invoke Gods will, and pull the trigger.
Or admit you have no idea how to extricate God’s
will from your opinions, wants, wishes, and jealously fortified beliefs.
Admit, confess even if only secretly to yourself, then go forth and do
something caring and compassionate. Then you won’t have to wonder if you are
doing God’s will. Then, the recipient of your efforts will be glad to
welcome your version of God’s will. If such a radical course of action
means neglecting God’s theological, political, social, or moral will, fear not,
there are ample numbers of people abjectly certain they are implementing God’s
theological, political, social, and moral will.
You too will be certain, certain in that moment
of caring, in your touch of compassion, in a flickering moment of fulfillment
of a loving God’s will on earth, as in Heaven.
Copyright 2025 Don Ray. Please share.
