Encased in Certainty

“Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.”

                             Paul Tournier

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Encased in certainty

he sits on his porch

arguments racing through his head

answers that would bear no rebuttal

thoughts that would bear no rebuke

certain about right and wrong

certain about God, and God’s will

certain about his blessed state

knowing, without a doubt that he holds the truth

and they are well and truly false

all those others

in an exile of his own making

he sits alone

and wonders why

he is so deserted

why, even though he tries so hard

God seems so inaccessible

ah the dilemma

of all the Pharisees of this world

standing on the heights,

watching

the joyful losers

frolicking in the dust