God's World or Man's

In Which World Do You Dwell?

Mike Oberg

God made everything real,

And he called it good.

But then man changed the deal

"To be as it should".

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God created black and white

And added shades of gray.

Man created wrong and right

And made work out of play.

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God created happiness and joy

While man looked for things that might annoy

After God had the Universe built

Man decided to add nagging guilt

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God created Life to be a school

But man is afraid to look a fool

So while learning how best to choose,

Man labels our mistakes a sin.

But if you are afraid to lose,

You probably will never win!

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God's world has a natural balance --

An equilibrium of forces.

Man refuses to enjoy the dance

And just wants to saddle the horses.

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Inner peace comes from being in the flow

But man holds tight the reins and won't let go!

God made Love the universal law

But man had to judge and find a flaw

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God created one world;

Man created another.

God's world is an Eden;

Man's is a big bother!

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God created Heaven;

Then Man created Hell.

These worlds are different

As you can plainly tell.

So tell me in which of

These two worlds do you dwell?

Published by Mike Oberg

I am a retired engineer who enjoys photography. I post slideshows of my pictures and write articles on a range of topics. My daughter Maria Roth and my wife Mary Oberg are both AC contributors.  View profile

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  • R.C. Johnson9/30/2011

    Thoughtful and excellent. Much enjoyed! rcj

  • Dan Reveal9/25/2011

    Fantastic work! You are very clever!

  • Jeanne Baney9/24/2011

    Wonderful!!!

  • Mike Oberg9/24/2011

    @Joan, insight IS my M.O.! :)

  • Joan Haines9/24/2011

    This warrants repeated reading. I always enjoy M.O. insight.

  • Han Van Meegerin9/15/2011

    Well done!

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky9/15/2011

    Oh, I absolutely LOVE this. I so agree!

  • Maria Roth9/12/2011

    Nice work, Dad!

  • Sherri Granato9/12/2011

    It seems we have made many bad choices, and God's world is forever marred from all of them.

  • Dan Reveal9/11/2011

    This is great, Mike!!

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