BEAUTIFUL FATHER

You are somewhere out there

Behind the ends of the universe
That yo u have created.
You are the one
That placed every star upon the sky
That you have designed.
Everything that lives is breathing your life
All the beauty is rooted in you.

And so I say:
Thank you Lord for all creation,
For everythig you gave me,
For blessing me with life and love,
For meeting me right where I am.
Thank you God, you who created
Almighty ruler of all life
That I can call you Dad

You are somewhere right here
Impossible for human eyes to see
But I am sure.
You are the one
That leads me on the path of righteousness
Where I am safe.
You have promised to never leave me
Nor forsake me but stay with me.

Everytime I'm down and broken
I lift my eyes to see your beauty.
I'm covered with your lovely wings,
I'm caried in your gentle arms

And hope is rising up again.

The Question of Control

Most of the western countries are usually seen as pretty safe palces. By that we mean that the political situation is stable, everything about life is pretty sophisticated and convenient.
We depose our money on banks where it's working for us, instead of hiding it underneath the matress. We have insurances for every thing and all of it together makes us feel pretty safe and secured. We think, we have everything under control.

Until one ordinary day the flow of life suddenly gets out of its course and things crash. In a split second everything we thought under control runs out of our hands. Someone else might have made a mistake, different factors come together in a way that works against us and we come to realize that our life is not in our hands.
In truth we actually have nothing under control. Just a few seconds can decide about our life: winn or loss, health or sickness, life or death. And all of a sudden all our insurances are nothing but a way of consulation that can't undo the demage. There just is no insurance against pain. Our body is very fragile and our soul even more.
We're never safe from events and encounters that can change our life for ever in just one moment in time. This doesn't always have to be to our disadvantage but the thought of our vulnerability is what's so scary. But to live in fear because of this is not going to help anyway.

Those moments when you might come out of a car accident completely unhurt show us all to clear that our lives are in mightier hands. So what do we do about this realization? Freak out? That surley won't help at all. Ignore it? Unfortunately you can't run away from the inevitable. So what other options do we have? We can just accept the fact and willingly put our life into the hands of the almighty creator and trust his promises that he will take care of us. I don't think that we have an other choice unless we want to waste our energy on solutions that are illusive.
It seems to me that taking the risk of trusting God is the only real solution we have to this dilemma. He promised to give us all we need, to be with us and to keep us safe.