Why won't you Lord?

Why Won't You Lord? -June 19, 2007

Oh God, I don't understand
the horrific headlines today
a 4 year old innocent girl
in a flood vanished,  washed away.

9 firefighters
giving their lives
to save a warehouse full of furniture
was it worth their demise?

Busted wide open
a big porno ring
abusing tiny children
lives shattered before taking wing.

And then came the ring
my Mom on the phone
could barely hear her words
sickening news from the tone.

Sweet Shelly, my friend
the cancer has spread
after all of that chemo
now this sickness to dread.

What are you doing Lord
up there on your throne?
While we suffer below...
I feel so all alone.

I just don't understand
can't make out your plan...
Why is there so much suffering?
Why won't you hold up your hand?

Why won't you make it stop?
With one wave make it all go away?
Why won't you end all the misery?
Why must it be this way?

Good people and innocent children,
men who serve, put their lives on the line,
all perish beneath the weight of this world
while my prayers dry &  wither on the vine.

Oh Lord hear my cry
oh please hear my plea
catch all my tears
end this misery.

I want so to trust you
to know you cause us no harm
but it's hard to hold up my faith
with the burning now spread to my arm.

I feel as though I am in darkness
awaiting some sign of your  light.
How long must I stay here in silence?
Stuck in the blackness of night?

I pray Lord that you will just listen...
Come to me please hear my prayer.
I know you can't give me the answers,
I just want to know that you're there.

T.L.Tobac 6/2007