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I’M RUNNING A GODDAMNED UNIVERSE CUT ME SOME SLACK!!!

I can’t imagine 
how painful it is to 
be God. 

Trying your hardest 
to make a beautiful painting, 
only to have the characters 
you created complain and 
mock the world around 
them. 

Why does God let bad things 
happen to good people? 

Pretty sure you’d walk 
away from the canvas too 
if it spat back and criticized 
you. 

But perhaps, 
in his silence,
he waits, 

hoping we’ll learn to 
appreciate the 
masterpiece. 

And after he 
suspects we’ve endured 
enough punishment, he’ll return 
to add an additional layer 
of paint. 

We call these added colors 
miracles, and they renew our 
dwindling faith.

Copyright © Alijah Rivers

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