The deep insanity
the path of humanity
twisting bad
fragile
manifestly touching
and being touched by evil,
massing malevolence.

In the face
of reality, this world
Can I - anyone, call themselves a believer?
for if we truly believed
would we not act
always
for good…
and yet the default
seems the appalling inaction
the chained indifference,
it seems the resident evil
is to not just say I believe
instead, to pretend 
what I believe.

But in the face
of my darkness
I can still choose…
in the truth of my humanness
in a misty clearing awareness
Choose to breathe
to blow on crimson embers
of the divine spark,
Choose to face the threat
of the drowning sea
Choose to face fears and failures
Choose to hear deep 
to deep the love of Christ
Choose to proclaim the power
of the Christ who demons obey
Choose to know a closer presence
with a truly remarkable wonder…
the One
Living God.

Oh, the wonderful Christ
who lived this all
died and rose 
victorious for us all,

It is Him I choose 
to encounter,
I choose the King
to live in His kingdom
to let Him reign
in all parts of my life.

Starting Thoughts:
In the face of what we see and hear in our world, with how we treat each other and the pain that happens randomly or deliberately - can we choose God?
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