Jesus was a good guy—he didn’t need this shit.
John Prine, “Jesus, the Missing Years.”
John Prine, “Jesus, the Missing Years.”
Shall we trust in God’s Providence?
Satan was a good guy—he didn’t need this shit.
God exists by our sufferance.
Satan was a good guy—he didn’t need this shit.
God exists by our sufferance.
Maybe it seems to go against Providence
to block God’s word and say the hell with it—
expecting no Providence,
to block God’s word and say the hell with it—
expecting no Providence,
but if God’s not helping we can get rid of Him.
He cast poor Satan into the fiery pit—
same sufferance
He cast poor Satan into the fiery pit—
same sufferance
afforded the Arapaho and Cheyenne by Colonel Chivington—
500 now-scarcely-repatriated scalps
in that sacred ground near the providence
500 now-scarcely-repatriated scalps
in that sacred ground near the providence
of Sand Creek and its shady line
of cottonwood trees. Let us rest
here on this ground by whatever sufferance
of cottonwood trees. Let us rest
here on this ground by whatever sufferance
remains to us for the bliss
of living in the world!
Shall we trust in God’s Providence?
Our eternal kindness.
of living in the world!
Shall we trust in God’s Providence?
Our eternal kindness.
