SermonStudio
Easter 2
Poems
A GOSPEL TREASURY
Poems Based on Lectionary Gospels
There is a kind of doubt that
I see often evidenced.
It finds out just what you believe,
and that’s what it’s against.
It challenges authority
of every kind there is
and will accept no other’s
as proper, only his.
I find it hard to live with.
It’s exhausting. I confess.
When I was young it had a name.
We called it ‘orneriness.’
Another kind of doubt there is
that opens not its eyes
for fear some new disturbing facts
might take it by surprise.
So proudly it proceeds through life
I see often evidenced.
It finds out just what you believe,
and that’s what it’s against.
It challenges authority
of every kind there is
and will accept no other’s
as proper, only his.
I find it hard to live with.
It’s exhausting. I confess.
When I was young it had a name.
We called it ‘orneriness.’
Another kind of doubt there is
that opens not its eyes
for fear some new disturbing facts
might take it by surprise.
So proudly it proceeds through life