God, A Poem (Problematize)

This poem was so fascinating to me, but I'm not really sure why. I believe this poem represents most of society's view on God. He's just a guy sitting up there and he doesn't really care what goes on down below: "'I'm sorry, I must have been pissed-/Though your name rings a sort of a bell,'" Or they believe that He's real but that He removed himself from being active in our everyday lives: "I didn't exist at the Flood/And I won't be around for Salvation/To sort out the sheep from the cud-" Because of those two beliefs, the last two stanzas are what we think God thinks of us, "'You're a nasty surprise in a sandwich./You're a drawing-pin caught in my sock." And, "'You're a serious mistake in a nightie,/You're a grave disappointment all round-/That's all you are,' says th'Almighty,"

The reason why society thinks this about God and think He thinks that way about us is because they think God as a genie. Someone who is supposed to make life easy and give us everything we ask (Matt. 7:7). But it is what fits into His good and perfect will for us. Non-believers who think this haven't had an encounter with God and studied His character. He is everything He says He is, our minds just sometimes can't wrap around who He is. But that doesn't make Him any less real or active.