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God's Plan

God's Plan
God has His plan
Of this you are told
And on this concept
All believers are sold

It’s easy to say, “That’s part of God’s plan.”
When things are going well.
But no one thanks Him for things awry
That part of the Plan must also apply.

But few have really given it thought
That it renders free will as nought.
Can you tell a joke He hasn’t heard
Or think a thought that’s not His Word?
The number of hairs on your head
He know that before Adam’s innocence was shed.

There’s nothing that you can do or say
That God doesn’t know about in every way.
Every thought, every action, He knew from the start,
All in your mind and all in your heart.
A character in a novel and He is the writer,
You think you make choices but He’s the inciter.

But with this idea of the Deity’s Plan
Comes some issues, needing deep scan.

What does this mean about a person’s prayers
Doesn’t God know about all your cares?

Why is it necessary to formalize your needs,
When God already knows and always proceeds,
According to the Plan? He knows where it leads.

And stating ‘free will’, is not a response.
It ignores His Plan and does not ensconce,
Cause free will would result in a Plan renaissance.

So all your actions, no matter what,
Are already determined, there is no rebut.


And what of remorse that God does show?
That seems ignorant of the Plan
Why should He feel bad about anything that occurs,
When He’s supposed to be The Man?

Not only does God not seem to know,
That the events He ordained do not seem to show,
That He knows everything of what is to come,
And so His Plan is not the sum,
Of it all.

So regardless of what people commonly believe
Regardless of the commonly held weave
The omniscience of God you now must leave.
And the Plan? Believers can grieve.

Copyright © LR Waldman | Year Posted 2024

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