Can’t Happen

 

 

Two words I hear often

Usually in annoyance

And they come after the fact

In every instance.

 

Only today

I heard these words

And it was after the annoyance

Had already occurred.

 

Can’t happen

After it has happened

Is of little comfort, my friend,

To the one threatened.

 

Especially after

It has happened before

And is currently happening again

And likely some more.

 

So, what do we mean,

I mean, really mean,

When we say, “Can’t happen!”

Re a reoccurring scene?

 

Who’s to stop it

From happening again

Or from continuing to happen

Like the rain?

 

Who looks at the rain

And say “Can’t happen” again

And really believes such

If he is not insane?

 

 

Can’t happen

Especially after the fact

Is nothing more than a placebo

And this is a fact.

 

It’s a consolation:

A “make me feel good”,

It’s like a promise to a fool:

A slumbering dud.

 

Sounds authoritative

Like a kitten that roars

Or, like a demanding beggar,

Knocking on doors.

 

Can’t happen

Is none too comforting

Especially when it’s ongoing

And unsettling.

 

Add to “Can’t happen”

“Not ‘bout hey”

And straight-up you know,

It’s just a term we say.

 

Meaningless at most,

Authoritative at least,

Like the PM’s “Stop and desist!”

Expecting it to cease.

 

Words say a lot

But they do nothing

Unless humanly implemented

To do their bidding.

 

 

Unless of course,

That someone is God,

He is omniscient and omnipotent,

He is The All in All.

 

He spoke the word

And it was done

And sooner or later we’ll know,

He is the only one.

 

Stewart Russell © August 1, 2024

 

Just Three Words

 

 

There are several statements

Which comprise three words

Significant words indeed:

Most of them you have heard.

 

“I love you” is one of them

And “Keep it up” is another,

Don’t you dare” and “You’d better not”,

These are two of the others.

 

“Hurry up child”

Sounds pretty much like a parent

And “Excuse me please”

That’s one’s way of getting clearance.

 

“Give God praise” and why not?

“Who is he?” as in I want to know,

“Are you saved?” a critical question

And yet another is “Do not go”.

 

In chapter 1 of Genesis we have

“Let There Be”,

The three words

Upon which hang all the galaxies.

 

Can you imagine that?

Let there be light

And throughout the entire universe

Light came into sight.

 

Let there be this

And let there be that,

God simply called it into being

And it became a fact.

 

I have a little problem, though

With these millions of years

When the Bible simply says

In just six days all appeared.

 

On day No. 7 God rested

For in six days all was set,

Let there be occurred three times

And there after, it was simply “let”.

 

Thirteen times in Genesis 1

God uses the word “let”

Three times He said, “Let there be”

And the other ten he said “let”.

 

Upon God’s “let”, the universe was made:

The galaxies and all within,

It took more than words however,

When God dealt with our sin.

 

 

It took the blood of Jesus

God’s precious begotten Son:

An infinite cost to the blessed Trinity

When He purchased our freedom.

 

“Let there be” was not used

When God had fashioned Adam,

And certainly not with Jesus Christ:

He was fully God yet man.

 

“Let there be” has its place,

It demonstrates God’s creative power,

Upon these words creation stands

Created in six twenty-four hours.

 

But there are three more words

Upon which hangs our re-creation

“Father forgive them,” Jesus cried,

And therein lies our salvation.

 

“It is finished,” he also cried

Signifying his work was complete

And all that is left for us to do

Is to kneel at the Saviour’s feet.

 

Stewart Russell © October 2018