What if
there are no atheists
in the
paths of tornadoes,
like
there are none in war's fox holes;
all of us
"praying away",
instead
of "praying up" a storm?
Then, God
doesn't have to choose sides
or
conduct evaluations to determine
whose
prayer wins the essay contest,
and the
storm is free to follow
her own
wild and stubborn path,
like she
was going to anyway;
and we
all – survivors, victims,
and
friends alike – can cling
to the
divine promise of presence,
no one
having to believe
that
grace wasn't big enough
to cover
them or their loved ones,
because
it's far larger than that.
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| Photo by Owen Jenkins |
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Todd Jenkins
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