Monday, December 5, 2011

Psalms 2012: Children in the Playground


Help, I cried.
And there was no one to hear.
It was a silent voice, I know. A voice expressed in my eyes, a cry in the sag of my shoulders. Who could hear?
Who could decipher what I had, for so long, coded?

Sometimes the thought of giving up on people creeps in.
Sometimes the wonder of the worth of chores and labors of love seep into the once quieted mind's places, and just evaporate.
I wonder what my Lord felt while here on earth. I wonder what it was he felt when here, among us, trying to explain who he was to his creation.
Pain and humiliation began long before the cross.
How blind the blind! How prideful the turned away necks of the self-satisfied.
How satisfied we are with the now. How like children we are, in having the large portion of blocks! 'There are no more than these,' we say, with greedy, scooping arms. 'And there are no more to be had.' Ignorant of how wooden blocks are made.
Blind to the forest beyond where our playground lay.

Who will lead them?
Who will lead me?
No real help comes from men.
Friends offer but sincere condolences. Excuses drip from their lips.
Trust only in hearts turned toward God.

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