Missing The Moment

When you look at the sunset
Beautiful sunset over the ocean

You are awed at the shear beauty
Magnificence of it all

Not thinking about the how
Or why or what sequence of events

Just enjoying the view
Without intellectualizing it

Which should and must be
How we approach God

Since although sunsets
Can be explained and understood

We cannot dare to think
Or be so bold as to believe

That one can intellectualize God
And understand Him

Missing the moment
The chance to accept

The presence

Powerless

Covid still going strong
No end in site
Young and old alike
Except children for some reason
Thank God

Everyone chiming in
To say something about life
Acknowledging the reality
Yet unwilling to concede
Perhaps too fearful to face

Death that is inevitable
A certainty indisputable
Fate of human kind
And all living things
Too proud to admit

Too proud to believe
There is power beyond
Life beyond death
In Jesus Christ
Choosing rather to face

Death alone
Without insurance
Without peace
Without hope
Powerless

The Fear Of God

People fear many things

Like a plane crash

Cancer

Earthquake 

Fire

They also fear poverty 

Losing their job

Losing their fame

Power

And popularity 

Yet when it comes to

Doing a bad deed

Causing pain and suffering 

To others who are at their mercy

Performing injustice 

Rationalizing injustice 

Justifying injustice 

Convincing others to do the same

There is one thing lacking
That enables them to do so

The fear of God

What Part Of The Brain

It is without question

The hand

Innervated by peripheral nerves

Originating from spinal nucleus

Within the spinal cord

Connected to the brain

To a certain motor neuron

In the motor cortex

When initiated 

Will move the hand

Like any other part of the body

That one can move

This way or that

Which begs the question

Where is the part of the brain

That commands a particular motor neuron

To fire the neuron

To initiate the movement

Or start talking

Or running

Or whatever

What part of the brain

Is commanding the brain?

For George Floyd

Covid pneumonia
Steadily marching on

No cure in sight
Vaccine years away

Social distancing
Adapting

Slowly opening up
From shelter in place

As protests go on
For George Floyd

And race goes on
For the White House

Unemployment
Employment

Death
Life

At the mercy of God