1-1-17 The Year We Seemed to All Fall Apart

 •The year we seemed to all fall apart•

It seems as if everyone fell in the same ditch 

Like everyone crashed the same car 

Except it was more than once 

The damage was scarring and messy 

The hospital was full of crying and bruised patients 

Balloons littering every room 

Get well cards as big as billboards 

Signed by people we didn't even know existed 

Because people notice pain 

People notice the agony and suffering around every hidden corner 

The old man with no home 

The little girl struggling with cancer 

The orphan who forgot what getting held by a mother felt like 

We notice 

And we blame 

We blame the doctors, the parents, the relatives, the teachers

But we all blame God 

He holds the earth in the palm of his hand

Doesn't He see it?

The pain 

The suffering 

He does indeed 

And He weeps 

God, the one who stretched the sea and carved the mountains weeps for us 

But we lose sight of the joy 

The smallest bits of joy 

From the little girl struggling with cancer getting to meet her favorite princess 

The old man on the streets receiving a box of warm food 

The orphan girl getting adopted

We must notice the miracles at hand here 

We want to blame God 

We want Him to act 

But we work through Him 

He gave us hands and beautiful minds to build and create joy 

Not just for ourselves but the people surrounding us 

Even in our suffering can we find the smallest bit of happiness 

Every hospital bed had a broken patient 

But every patient had a God who wouldn't give up on them 

It's our job not to give up on God 

Cause he isn't done with us yet 

These streets are still littered with broken people 

Can you ignore it?

We are forced to notice it

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