“God, are you there?”. “God. God, where are you? It’s dark and I can’t see you”
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Transcript of “God, are you there?”. “God. God, where are you? It’s dark and I can’t see you”
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“God, are you there?”
“God, are you there?”
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“God. God, where are you? It’s dark and I can’t see you”
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Are you blind?
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“I don’t think so…. I just can’t see in the dark. I see in the light!”
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“Well, I’m very much around when you are in the dark.”Well, I’m very
much around when you are
in the dark.
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“Really?”Really?
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“Would I lie. am God, you know?”Would I lie?I am God, you know?
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“Oh, I didn’t mean to disturb you. But I can’t see you in the
dark.”
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Hmmm…What are you looking for
in the dark? What do you think
I look like? Who do you think I am?
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“Well, in the church I went to when I was little, I saw a picture
of a big, old man with a long beard on a cloud. My mom said it was you.”
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My child, let me tell you a secret. I had a make-over!
My child, let me tell you a secret…. I’ve had a make-
over!
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“So what do you look like now?”
“So what do you look like now?”
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“How do you expect me to recognize you?”
“How do you expect me to recognize you?”
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“You’re just playing with me!”
“You’re just playing with me!”
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Not really! I’m alive and well and just
being the same God I always have been!
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“So where are you?That’s what I asked you to begin
with!”
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“I’m out walking.
I’m out walking.
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“Why?”“Why? Where do you walk? What do you do?”
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I’m walking with those who suffer.
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“Why?”
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Because even already before my
makeover they used to call me compassionate
and gracious.
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“Compassionate?”
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That’s right. The Hebrews used to call me compassionate
because I suffered with them.
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“Well, that’s why I’m looking for you. I need some of your… your compa…compassion. Could I have some of your compassion?
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Why? What’s going on?
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“Gosh, God. I’m hurting.”
• “”Gosh, God. I’m hurting.”
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Well, you know, compassion asks us to
go where it hurts.
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Compassion asks us to enter into places with pain.
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Fear…
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Confusion…
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and anguish.
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Compassion calls us to cry out with those
in misery
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to mourn with the lonely…
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to weep with those in tears.
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Compassion requires usto be weak with the weak…
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vulnerable with the vulnerable…
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and powerless with the powerless.
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Compassion means
being fully immersed in the
human condition.