I loved this. You have such a way with words!!!

this poem is amazing.

I know that you claim to be an atheist and I'm sure that you have good reason for doing so. The world is a cruel place and in it are countless evidence of "fake plastic faces" hiding behind all kinds of religions, theories, sciences, philosophies, etc. So the evidence can seem overwhelming in favor of "no god."

At the same time, there is ample evidence of a "loving God" and a created order that once fostered all that we needed to make us happy for real; not that fake happiness that we pass off to others just trying to get by for another day.

The Bible says that "sin" has come into this "perfect world order" that He created and separated us from the God who created us for the richest of all relationships with Himself and with each other. This sin is based in "selfishness" and was sold to us by "the deceiver" on the promise that it could be even better than God had created it to be. According to the story, we bit on this deception and our eyes were opened to "the knowledge of good and evil." Up to this point, all we could see was good. Since that time, we have seen all sorts of evil that God never intended for us to see.

Some people call it a "grand experiment gone bad." God calls it a purpose and a plan and before He put it in place, Christ, God's only Son and very heart was set aside to lay down His own life to purchase you and I back. "In the fullness of time" Christ entered into this dark chaos as a person, just like you and I. He faced all the heartache and pain that sin had brought at levels we do not have to know. He, Holy God, actually "became sin for us" and gave us "His righteousness."

I don't understand it. I can't explain it. It makes no sense to me at all, but it has changed my life forever. I find myself growing in my desire to take off my "fakeness" and reach out in vulnerability to other hurting people hiding behind their fakeness. Jesus calls it life abundant. It's a life set free from always thinking about me and actually hurting and feeling for others. I call it a life worth living.

You have not been abandoned by the God who created you. Nobody feels your pain more than He does and nobody loves you more. All the hurt you feel and all the evil you see around you are results of the "thief" that promised us more and took all that we had. Jesus bought it back for us. Jesus bought it back for you.

Let me help you find you way back to the One who loves you so much that He would lay down His own life for you. Let me show you how His "cuts" will heal your heart. I am praying that you will.

where, may i ask, did u get religion from any of this? haha

Another stellar write... Always so much pain...

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Awesome! Two thumbs up! Though the pain makes me sad. Anyway, keep up the great writing Nova!

wow i love it amazing...sorry i didn't comment earlier i just only read it now things have been crazy as usual around my place...HUGS

I love it, it really is beautiful.