Saturday, February 14, 2015

Do You Trust Me?

When God asks that, how do we respond?
Jesus came to earth and was crucified.
Did he trust God? Presumably so.
And it led to a cross.

I’ve read the missionary biographies.
I know about wives who go insane,
Children buried young,
Eager volunteers who die en route.

Do I trust you for my salvation? Yes.
Unequivocally.
But you don’t make life pain free,
And you sometimes seem wasteful,

And if it were up to me, I confess
I sometimes think I would do things a different way.
I can relate to St. Teresa of Avila
Who, when Jesus said,

"Teresa, that's how I treat my friends,"
Replied, "No wonder you have so few."
This is not meant to be unfaithful.
It’s just meant to be honest.

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