Blaming God -Bob Mullany

Blaming God   ©  5/22/2016   Bob Mullany

The fatal physics of crash

The Jaws of Life a grisly joke

Revolving lights, broken glass

Reflect a crowd that barely spoke  

“There but for the grace of God,”

somebody whispered to a friend

The phrase struck me as rather odd,

There they go blaming God again

Perhaps it was the will of God,

Perhaps it was an accident

Some bad things happen every day

We pause and ponder what they meant

Perhaps some cosmic dice were tossed

And it’s their turn to take the fall

Perhaps God’s will can’t be discerned

Or He just wasn’t there at all

Katrina’s such a pretty name

It won’t be used  much any more

Except in stories of the storm

Of how they watched her come ashore

“There but for the grace of God

Survivors said, some lost some friends

No one saw Him there that day

How can they lay the blame on Him ?

Perhaps it was the will of God,

Perhaps they needed to repent

Some bad things happen every day

Could  some of them be heaven  sent ?

It could be karma, it could be fate

And it’s their turn to take the fall

Perhaps God’s will can’t be discerned

Or He just wasn’t there at all

September 1963

A black Alabama  church

A bomb placed carefully
A mourning dove moaned from her perch

Four little girls were blown away

While surely in a state of grace

And in the presence of the the Lord  

Could there have been a safer place ?

Perhaps it was the will of God

A higher purpose to be served

Some bad things happen every  day

And yet some seem so undeserved

Could be the politics of hate

The Grand Wizard's grand cabal

Perhaps God’s will can’t be discerned

Or He just wasn’t there all