Suffer the Children

not that I am a believer, but

I was asked recently by a child

if God was dead

sod and bugger

they never ask anything easy

do they?

then I got to thinking

about the man Jesus,

most of us of an age

have lost their father

some earlier than others

what about Jesus?

his old man is eternal

as he indeed is himself

so how does that work?

Jesus is knocking on now, but

he can’t exactly take over the reins

to all creation, can he?

not while God is still at work

or has God hung up his halo

doused off the thunderbolts

and is letting the lad have a go

so I said no, God isn’t dead

he’s still on the lookout

but Jesus is in training

and is probably running the show

which might explain why

some little things go wrong now and again

the child seemed happy with that

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© Graham Sherwood 01/2021