He Didn’t Make Evil

 

He didn’t make evil,

He makes us free,

Energizes us in

Ev’ry second,

Leaves us free to act out,

Lets us decide,

So too, we live in sin;

Short, Exemplar,

We fall flat. Your Ways are

Wasted in us;

When the earth does tremble,

We don’t see but

Partially; we lash out,

Praying: stop it!

But let us see the whole,

Bring us Your light!

We’ll be more rev’rent and

Witness to God;

Won’t attack our neighbors,

Write terr’ble posts,

Or speak badly of each

Other! Can we?

John gave us his vision:

Jesus, Heaven;

Our reward and Heaven

Our hope! despair 

Not, emboldened, our step 

Now marching the

Narrow, through thick, thin, and

New suffering!

You didn’t make evil,

You made us free.

Gary Edward Geraci