Why Do We Blame God

Why do we blame God

For suffering and the like

And praise ourselves

When things go right?

Why do we blame God

For things he does not do

When most assuredly

Our view is skewed?

Why do we blame God

For our ups and our downs

Well as a matter of fact

The downs, not the ups?

Why do we blame God

For not answering our prayers

When in our everyday life

We don’t want Him in our affairs?

Why do we blame God

When storms strike others

But when we are spared

We praise another?

Why do we blame God

For our own way mistakes

And wonder why he didn’t stop us

Before it was too late?

Why do we blame God

For the leadership we choose

And when it doesn’t work out

We are none too enthused?

Why do we blame God

For causing disaster

When we follow the dictates

Of the devil, our master?

Why do we blame God

For the peril of our world

Instead of our fore-parents

As recorded in His Word?

Why do we blame God

For the violence in our schools

When praying and Bible reading

Have been struck from the rules?

Why do we blame God

For not stepping in

When we absolutely refuse

To acknowledge we have sinned?

Why do we blame God

For the death of a loved one

As though at some point

We too will not be gone?

Why do we blame God

When our plans miserably fail

When all the warnings He gave us

Were to no avail?

Why do we blame God

When we ignore Him

And then fall by our own weight

On account of our sin?

Why do we blame God

And at Him scream

When we lose the finals match

To the other team?

Why do we blame God

When we pray for opposite things

And another’s prayer is answered

And we get nothing?

Why do we blame God

And say down here is like hell

But of God’s goodness

We won’t a single person tell?

Why do we blame God

When He doesn’t even exist

As expressed daily

By atheists and scientists?

  

Why do we blame God

For our past and present plight

When we defiantly decide

To do wrong instead of right?

Why do we blame God

When we reject His word

And openly ridicule it

As being outdated and absurd?

Why do we blame God

When all He does is good

Even to the sacrificing of His Son

Who for our sins shed his blood?

Why do we blame God

As though the devil doesn’t exist

When in truth and in fact

He is the one we should resist?

Why should you blame God

When another word He sends

And when it comes to you

In the form of this poem?

Stewart Russell © September 2019