Belief

Outside the air is tense and cold
The atmosphere chaotic
There seems to be no time for love
No one seems to care
Humanity has lost its place
No longer sure where we belong
God has been put aside
And blamed for all that’s wrong today

People wonder:

How can I believe in God
When the world is filled with pain and sorrow
How can I believe in God
When children are born addicted to drugs
How can I believe in God
When babies are born with birth defects
How can I believe in God
When children are dying from cancer and AIDs
How can I believe in God
When mothers kill their unborn children
How can I believe in God
When the innocent die in senseless wars
How can I believe in God
When paradise is but a dream

On and on they go
Endless lists
Filled with endless reasons
To justify forgotten beliefs
Blaming God for what ails the world
To afraid to look in the mirror
To delve beyond surface impressions
Unwilling to search their collective souls
Afraid of what has been forgotten
Afraid of a truth long ignored
That the state of the world today
Cannot be laid before the foot of God
But must be laid at the foot of man

Humanity was given Gods greatest gift
He gave man the planet on which he lives
He gave man the universe in which he exists
Most importantly God gave man life
And God gave man free will
He does not force us to love him
He does not force us to worship
He gives us life
No strings attached
Do with it what you will
The only true commandment
Is to love
That’s it in a nutshell
Love everyone and everything
If that request were followed
The world would be a better place
If man could set aside the rules and regulations
Of each and every religion
If man could evolve beyond the petty bickering
Over race, creed and color
If man could accept that God gave him the power
The power to create or to destroy
The power to evolve or to de-evolve
Maybe than humanity would stop blaming God
And accept that only man can control mans destiny
That only man is responsible for mans actions
Or humanity can crawl to the grave crying to heaven
Begging God to forgive man his trespasses
All the while doomed to an insignificant existence
Petty beings on a backward planet
Passed over and ignored by the great races of Gods creation
Who used Gods gift to grow
Who used Gods gift to evolve
Who used Gods gift
To finally return to their Fathers embrace