Hi God,
As you well know,
today is Good Friday.
I would like to be good, for once,
I wonder what the chances of that are?
Not that I’m likely to be unspeakably evil.
But, if history is any guide,
I’ll spend a good part of the day
in self-centered idleness.
That’s not so good.
Anyway, it’s as good a time as any
to contemplate things like capital punishment.
The way I see it,
choosing who is fit to live,
and who is not,
is not a job for me,
or any other human,
for that matter.
The way I figure it,
you can redeem anyone,
even murderers.
Maybe even Osama bin Laden?
After all, Moses, David and Paul
were all murders,
but you redeemed them,
and they did great things.
So I’m wondering
why most Christians don’t agree
with my rather simple-minded analysis.
What am I missing?
In my flippant way,
I’m inclined to ask,
why you have forsaken us,
by not providing more clarity here?
Or were you clear, and we’re just dense?
So my prayer today
is that you pour out
your spirit on us all
so as to enable us to reach
some common agreement
at least on the very simple issues,
like life and death.
Also, please have mercy on my soul,
sinner that I be.
Amen