AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
18-20yr Old Gunman, White
Kills 6 Onlookers, And injures 24 more
Independence Day Parade; Highland Park, Chicago suburb, IL
This is not News to You God.
10 Year old Pregnant by Rape,
Just over 6 weeks,
Denied Abortion
This is not News to You God
LGBTQIA reporters being denied access,
to writing articles and opinions, Don’t Say Gay Laws in Effect
Being told their voices are Not Needed
This is not News to You God
God, I fully admit I’m following you,
Not cause its glamorous–
have you seen what people are doing in your name?
I know, I know,
This is not News to You God
But I have nowhere else to go.
Your way is not easy, but it is Just and inclusive;
Because I know you know God, we don’t know what we are doing
This is not News to You God.
So I am not going to turn off the News (much)
But I am going to follow you,
Your promises are more solid than anything human
And…I have nowhere else to go;
This is Not News to You God.
So I’ll Scream and Sigh to You God,
And remind myself, that You Know, and You Know us,
This is Not News to You God.
And take comfort in that fact. As we strive to do better
to make things better.
Amen.
Feel free to adapt/share/use with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta
With thanks to Rev. Tawnya Denise Anderson about her thought provoking fb post about how the disciples stuck with Jesus because they had nowhere else to go, i.e. it wasn’t always exciting to follow Jesus, but it was the best option they had, and sometimes that’s what following God means