Just Stating the Obvious Poetry Contest

Not one is perfectly happy on earth
Still we praise God for his 
bountiful agape love and worth

If God were powerful as everyone affirms
Why doesn't he end all our problems?
Why doesn't he do something that confirms?

Every one is suffering, for many life is unbearable
If he were a true father, he should end all agony
With true love his actions are no way comparable

Scriptures state we suffer for our sins
When we sin he watches without forcibly stopping us
Either he lacks power or doesn't care if we sin

God is heartless and merciless of all
No one can sin and get away with it
Every sin we do, punishment does befall

God is as helpless as me and you
If not helpless at least moody for sure
All you ask  he will not give you 

I feel God is neither bad nor good  
He is a mere spectator doing what he should
He is doing it all maybe for livelihood

It is obvious, who is God we have still not understood
About God, we have merely read and heard
We have not seen him, he is definitely misunderstood

24.04.2021
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Just Stating The Obvious Poetry Contest by Brother Jacob
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021


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Date: 5/20/2021 3:49:00 PM
Congrats on your 1st place win, Rama! Blessings, Kim M
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 5/21/2021 6:53:00 AM
Thanks. God bless! Take care!
Date: 5/19/2021 10:22:00 PM
It’s bcoz we are not only this mind body. Once we end feeling of separation from source, jiva (lower mind) and Atma (higher mind) merge with Paramatma (God), suffused in His omnipresent love vibration, ever aglow in our heart.
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 5/20/2021 12:01:00 AM
Who created delusion/ Maya. Why? I don't mind an discussion with you on this. Bhagvatam begining chap says God created world as he was getting bored. When all born started getting salvation, to make it work Maya was called to blind humans.
Date: 5/18/2021 11:40:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Brother Jacob's contest, Rama.
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 5/19/2021 11:16:00 AM
Thanks Eve. Take care, God bless!
Date: 5/18/2021 9:58:00 AM
Congratulations Rama on your win with this thought provoking write. Well done! Belle
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 5/18/2021 10:53:00 AM
Thanks, Take care, God bless!
Date: 5/18/2021 9:22:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. A creative write. I love your line, "Every sin we do, punishment does befall" and it does. Man is sinful. Have a blessed day....................
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 5/18/2021 10:53:00 AM
Must try to avoid, not easy. Thanks for your wonderful comments. Take care, God bless!
Date: 4/27/2021 7:43:00 PM
Beautifully written with so much grace. Your lines are thick with craft and fascination. Great work.
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 4/28/2021 9:04:00 AM
Thanks. Take care, God bless! Rama
Date: 4/25/2021 8:10:00 AM
Rama, very interesting, and your thinking succinctly stated. I'm sure many would disagree with you. GL in the contest.
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Rama Balasubramanian
Date: 4/26/2021 4:53:00 AM
I agree, faith always goes beyond logic and reason. Thanks. GL to you too. Take care, Rama
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