All things happen
For a reason you say.
Do you mean a cause,
Embedded deep in the span of space time, making this or that come to be?
Or a celestial being looking down from heaven, removing stones blocking your way and smoothing the path before your feet?
A paradise where milk and honey flow eternally and to have it all,
you have only to ask sincerely.
Would you tell Job in his pain and loss, he must have sinned for God is good?
Would you admonish young Issac that everything happens for a reason?
Are your prayers like carrier pigeons delivering requests to angels who wait patiently to make your desires a reality?
Cain and Abel offered prayer and sacrifice to God. Was there a reason for what happened next?
Cain’s sacrifice was not accepted,
And his face fell. Jealous he killed his brother in anger and for revenge. Was this the first time his prayers failed to bring desired results? Did God let this murder happen for a higher reason?
Disappointment marked Cain for the rest of his days. And the text fails to speak of prayers and sacrifices made the next week. Job and Issac survived but at what terrible cost to their humanity.
Are your prayers always accepted? Do your prayers get answered positively?
Amazing how blessed we are —
More amazing still — how we offer gratitude happily for the gifts we believe are justly deserved.
I mean you follow the rules. Make laws to secure your days and ensure your abundance day after day,
But awaken shaken when forgotten and judged for lacking humility.
All things happen for a reason you say
Maybe so then what do you wonder when disappointment comes your way.
And if prayers unlock the future is it the one you want.
THH
12/05/23
Thoughts Have Hands 