Tolerance – Woodsmoke and Cardamom

He's temperamental, hard to please,
Unreasonable and cranky;
He's always on the lookout for
Some form of hanky-panky.
Trusts no one, judges harshly,
Believes the worst of all,
His views are warped, his vision short,
His bitterness a wall
Around his sadly barren heart.
He does not understand
The joy of unselfish love,
Nor want a helping hand.

Dear Lord, watch over him I pray,
Forgive him, soothe and heal
His cold heart, his suspicious mind.
And teach him how to feel
Compassion and forgiveness.
Please show him how to love
And trust his friends and family,
And believe in Heaven above.
Then show me how to help him.
With You to lead the way,
We'll both find greater happiness
As You guide us day by day.

by Lucy M. Young

A fine young man admits to being gay -
He's fired from his job;
Another, not allowed to serve his country,
Is beaten, tortured, killed.
So what if they were gay?
It only means God made them just a little different.

God gave me brown eyes.
Maybe yours are blue -
Does that mean that I should punish you
Because your eyes are not like mine?

Maybe you like apple pie with cheese -
I like it plain;
Your hair may be curly, mine is straight;
Your skin is brown or black or yellow,
Mine is white -
How does that make either one of us superior?

God made us as we are -
We are His children.
He has good reasons for the differences.
As yet we know not why,
But some day we will know and understand.

Why should we hate and crucify each other
Because we are not all alike?
What a dull world this would be
If we were all the same, clones of each other,
In color, gender, creed, and preferences.
Would we not then abuse and curse each other
Because we were so bored with all the sameness?

Dark or light, tall or short,
Gay or straight -
God made us, every one.
He loves us all just as we are.
Who are we to question his omnipotence?



photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

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