Some Just Don't Get It

"No medicine for me," a patient says.

"If God wants me healthy, He will cure me.

Your pills and your shots and your treatments, Doctor,

Do nothing to comfort or assure me."

God notices the woman's stubbornness

And shakes His head in utter disbelief.

"Why doesn't she realize that I gave her

Doctors and medicine to give her relief?"

"Why should I help the sick and needy?"

Asks a man. "Let them fulfill

Their own destinies. If I can manage,

Why can't they? It could be God's will."

God shakes His head again in amazement.

"Why does he think I came up with compassion

And the concept of sharing and helping others?

Love is not a thing that we ration."

A fire approaches a family's home;

The fireman instructs them to leave the vicinity.

The family members refuse to flee

And await a message from their Divinity.

"What is wrong with people?" God asks.

"I sent a fireman to protect them from danger.

Why don't they use the reason I gave them?

I swear: Some people grow stranger and stranger."

"God told me to hate those people,"

Says a man, carrying a sign.

Spewing his venom, he spreads his lies

Based on reasons he claims are divine.

"Who the heck does he think he is

To claim that he knows how I think and feel?"

Cries God, losing patience with people

Whose hateful behavior is far from ideal.

"Reason clouded by ego and hatred?

Compassion clouded by anger and greed?

Judgment clouded by irrationality?

Some people really make my heart bleed!

"But wait! Somebody else is calling.

What is it now? Is this a mistake?

This one wants help to win SURVIVOR!

Come on, people! Give me a break!"

(9-15-14) By Bob B