But Does God Trust in US?

When I was reading this poem, thinking about posting it here, I thought how I could post this as if it were a brand nem poem instead of one I wrote 22 years ago. The more things change...

The question in the title was a sarcastic questioning of why we put "In God We Trust" on money, because God indeed has nothing to do with money. There are so many things we claim God for while we have no idea if he does or not? I have the same problem with the addition of "under God" to pledge of allegiance. When we say "One Nation, Under God", we are claiming God and saying to other countries, our nation is under God, but not yours. God should not be in any national pledge or on our money because God is not concerned with money and does not hold our nation in higher esteem than any other. We must stop claiming God as America's own. If God does bless America, we can't make him bless us any more than he already does. Does God not bless all nations?

Its a good read though even though it may have been written in the spirit you were in at that time. It applies still doesn't it? In some ways. I suppose every countries in the World want to be known as more blessed than others...

It's one thing to want to be blessed, but it grows too big. This is the concept I explored in my poem 3 Seeds. Pride gets out of control and leads to hatred. It is a concept explored by Martin Luther King in The Drum Major Instinct. People want to be closer to god, as though they are more deserving, better and therefore, more powerful. Even after death, humans want to be the most powerful. This is why we have Evangelicals in this country who think this is a Christian Nation, but it is not. We are a nation of many religions and a nation that was founded on freedom of religion. But the religious ones who live here don't want freedom for any religion but there own, or at least the ones who seek power through religion. The Evangelicals actually believe they are the ones who will inherit the Earth, even though Jesus said otherwise. Evangelicals are not meek, they promote hatred. Personally, I hope the Rapture happens in my lifetime. Not because I have any hopes of being on the right side of things, I am personally concerned with going to Hell. But at least if I am still alive, I will be able to see the look on the faces of all those who think they are better than others, to see the real fear of fate on their faces just before they are thrown into a pit of fire. I may be right there with them, but I have no delusions of grandeur, I know I have sinned and I know I lack the faith to save me, so I hope at least to see the Evangelicals boiling in the pit of fire as the walls consume me too.  
 
Evangelicals are the most judgmental people I have ever met. I know they have read the word, yet they seem to think the word of the Lord does not apply to them. Jesus spoke many times about not judging others and he was quite clear on the matter. Judgment is for God to hand out to each person, not to say any one country matters more than another. Well, that's my take on things. In the end, no matter what I think, whatever will happen will happen. No special preparations are needed, nothing we do will make any difference.
jj

 Even if that was written long ago, I think that poetry is elegant. Does it matter when it was written? Did we question Van Goh on how long it took him to make a painting? It matters not when you write something; only matters that ond took the time to bless  us with his words.
  With that said, well done. I look forward to reading more of your poetry.

thanks for commenting. speaking of Van gogh, he was an amazing and brilliant man. He painted over 900 paintings in about 9 years. He accomplished this on virtually no income, his brother sent him paint and other supplies and a very small amount of money in exchange for his paintings. Only two sold while he was alive. Theo saved all of them, they were everywhere in his home. After Theo died, his wife said she found paintings in every nook and cranny, under the beds, filling the closets. Vincent couldn't get paint fast enough to keep up with his output. If you have ever seen one in person, you will notice areas with no paint, not because it has come off, but because he used spaces on the canvas where he did not have enough paint to finish. I have seen Starry Night in MOMA, NYC, and it's amazing. The pictures do no justice to its beauty and intricasy. Few people got to see Vincent work and no one could have asked him to paint any faster. If ever there were a living Pheonix, Van Gogh rose up like a blazing rocket and crashed back to Earth in an explosion that can still be felt simply by standing in front of one of his paintings and beholding greatness. His letters to his brother are must read material, as deep as his paintings and an insight into his genious that cannot be gotten in any other way. jj

  Wow. I didn't know that about V.G
Wen I was in 6th grade I took an art class. Just,  my long lost friend, painted starry night on a canvas and it look almost exact.
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