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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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I hope that this won't offend anyone for any reason whatsoever. That is not my intention - in fact it is quite the opposite. FATHER 3 April 2011 You make all that is worthwhile available for us yet we turn away from it so often or don’t see it in the first place. You show us the splendour of life amidst the squalor we create. You do not laugh at us, no matter how much we laugh at You and spurn You and deride You. You teach us, whatever we are willing to learn, but only if we want to be taught. You are not a tyrant. You do not allow, not disallow, infants to die. We do that all by ourselves. You give us completely free will to do the good or bad we want to do; to declare as law and science what we will whether we are right or not. We argue, wage wars, kill in Your name – as if that is what You want! We just don’t get it, do we? You are not a master puppeteer. You do not control us. Yet, the funny thing is that if you did, we would complain about that too! We complain about the repercussions of the very responsibility which we neither appreciate nor are prepared to do without! You do not force your will on us ever (as we do on others) and at all times, in the joyous times, in the boring times, in the devastating times, 365¼/24/7, you are there waiting in the wings, no matter who we are nor what we have done, nor how our fellowman is disgusted at us and hates us and rejects us, you love us all, prodigal or not, loving or not, law-abiding or not, to welcome us into your arms if only we want to be there. You are patient and will wait for us for as long as it takes and if we reject you permanently it makes you sad but you don’t stop loving us. You are all You describe as Love. You are Love in its very purest form. You are The Way The Truth and The Light. You are our perfect Father. Thanks, Dad, for everything. Owl |
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dreamgal Member
since 2011-03-17
Posts 442 |
Owl, You expressed what I beleive to be true in a beautiful way. No offense here I completely agree. Love this! Dreamgal |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you very much, Dreamgal. Smiles. Owl |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Hello Owl, the poem is overwhelming, I think too that if God creat the universe, it let hazard and give free will to life, people can be warm or taugh, they choose to do their life and it mat be the will of god, don't know, thanks for the excellent poem. yann |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Owl, This is not only beautifully expressed and touches my heart and soul - it also makes sense. Thank you, dear one. Alison |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Amen! Love, Margherita |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
I've called Him that myself, my dear... because it is always what I saw in my own.  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you Yann, for letting me share your ponderings. Thank you Alison. You have reached the heart and mission of my poem. Thank you for making the writing of it so worthwhile. Thank you, Margherita. Smiles. Thank you, Karilea. I wasn’t so lucky to see God in my own father or mother, but I am heart-warmed that you had that gift. I was, however, lucky enough to have been able to handle that and many other things. Owl |
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