Why don’t You cut off the disease
Why do You allow the pain,
in ourselves, in our loved ones,
the hurt to continue;
Do You hear me, Lord,
when they attack
when the leaders do not help us,
when our protectors are silent
seemingly indifferent, uncaring;
Those who are blind to the hurt
what they have gotten away with,
still earning a paycheck
with no other consequence?
Why don’t You exact judgment;
Don’t You hear us, oh God?
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edited
January 17, 2016
why
do you allow the pain – v4
(editing
version 3)
edited
October 30, 2015
why
do you allow the pain – v3
(editing
original)
edited
March 21, 2015
why
do you allow the pain – v2
August
6, 2014
why
do you allow the pain
Devozine
for July 28, 2014 to August 3, 2014
“+wilderness”
&
5-second
prayer, “God, see us through the wilderness. Amen”
&
Jeremiah
15:18a
“A
Wilderness of Suffering”
by
Salina Sheard
and
listen to song:
“Jesus
Paid It All”
for July 31, 2014
read July 31, 2014
&
James
4:14 (NRSV)
“Tomorrow”
devotion
by Melinda Perry
&
“Reflect”
by
Elizabeth Mann
for July 30, 2014
read July 30, 2014
&
Deuteronomy
32:10 (CEB)
Genesis
21:8-21
Exodus
13:17-22
Matthew
4:1-11
“In
the Wilderness”
devotion
by Erin Burke
&
Pray
Psalm 136:3a, 15 (NRSV)
&
Listen
to Hillsong’s “Desert Song”
(not precisely the same
lyrics as the live performance above)
for July 29, 2014
read July 29, 2014
&
Patten Methodist Youth Group
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
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