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A Stinky Job
I am not God
You are not God
Who would want to be God?
It’s a stinky job
You have to tell the truth.
Even though it eventually sets people free
In the meantime it makes them pissy
So those who worship you are also constantly a little angry
Because you are God but won’t be just their God
And their God alone
When you are God, you say,
“All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of me.”
“There is none righteous–no, not one.”
“Except you repent, you will perish.”
“Your righteousness is like filthy rags.”
Filthy rags??
Please lighten up
How about just a dirty t-shirt?
So God says He loves people
Then we sing, “You are an awesome God!”
Yet we privately wonder why He doesn’t kill some people to help us out
Couldn’t God be nicer–just to us?
We come to church
We’re in the praise band
We once memorized two whole chapters of the Gospel of John
What does He want?
Maybe if He just phrased things more gently
Changed “sinners” to “winners in training”
Instead of “damnation,” call it “escaping the oops zone”
God, why don’t you just say “mistakes?”
And since we all make them, let’s call these little flubs “journey-markers”
Listen, God, I could love you so much more if you wouldn’t lord it over me
I need encouragement
I’m a kitten that requires exaggerated petting
But since you won’t do your God job
With some tenderness
Then I look for tenderness to become my God
Are you feeling lonely?
And you wonder why you have grumpy praisers
Even though I am not God
I could give you some pointers
Would you listen?
Or–because you are all-knowing–do you have to be a know-it-all?
But where can I go?
Movies don’t move me
Drinking makes me drunk
Weed creates need
Which will only feed my greed
And poli-ticks me off
I got nowhere to roost
Of course, you know that
STOP SMIRKING AT ME
Go ahead
Tell me the truth
But stay a little while–sweetly
Because honest to God, it helps.
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