Perhaps many are familiar with those reassuring words that Christians often say in church and during good times, but few people probably know that they came from a song. I took the lyrics and added my own verses between certain lines while attempting to follow the rhyme and flow of thought. The original lyrics are in black. My words are the ones in red.
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God is good all the time
His ways are always sublime
He put a song of praise in this heart of mine
And took away my doubting mind
God is good all the time
Though He often allows crime
Through the darkest night, His light will shine
You just can’t see it sometimes
God is good, God is good all the time.
If you’re walking through the valley
And there are shadows all around
Do not fear, He will guide you
He will keep you safe and sound
And if these shadows jump at you
And try to chase you on the ground
Do not run and do not hide
When your heart begins to pound.
‘Cause He’s promised to never leave you
(Most of the time He’s just gonna scare you)
Nor forsake you and His Word is true
But if He does, there’s a reason too.
We were sinners – so unworthy
Still for us He chose to die
He chose not to outright forgive us
He had to be crucified.
Filled us with His Holy Spirit
Now we can stand and testify
That His love is everlasting
And His mercies – they will never end
Though we must redefine His “mercy”
To include the pain it belies
But for all the world’s sufferings
He will make eternal amends.
Lord I may not understand
All the plans He left for me
Your ways are sometimes cruel
For an omnipotent deity
My life is in your hands
And through the eyes of Him I can clearly see
Unless my own eyes are opened
To His monstrous atrocities.
It's funny how the lot of these people blame humanity's choice to do evil or neglect nature on God. If man wasn't allowed to make a choice, that makes God a tyrant. But man has been given a choice to be responsible for his actions and his atrocities are of his own accord, and to refuse to admit that man is indeed capable of such, is either cowardice or stupid ignorance at worst. Either way, I'm really sick and tired of atheist rantings about how the concept of 'God' can be a fairytale. Well folks, I invite you to have an unbiased viewpoint before you read this link: http://thegospelcoalition.org/pdf-articles/Craig_…
and mind you, this is a discussion on fair grounds, not like what you might expect.
god is good all the time? that makes him a unexplainable killer with no warning at times. and a he, him? dose that make him a male all the time? what about the female, nurturing side of humanity? for humanities sake, lets move, it is time? where has god, religion leaded humanity to endless tragic events through time. it is now the age of scientific and evedanced based change and development.
God is dead, apathetic and most likely, doesn't exist (probably, an idea that I can make a writing on one of these days). Thanks for a very cool article Jong.