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By Christi Ortiz

A man came to me in distress
angrily exclaiming,
“You think God exists?
Show me, where was God when my wife died?
Where is God when children are abused,
Where is God in war and famine?
Where is God? Asleep? Dead? Hiding?”

“Yes, these are great evils”
I paused in silence for a long while.
Seeing I was making no excuses,
the man’s anger passed and he sighed,
“Why does God not show Himself?”

And I asked him,
“If God were not hiding, would you seek Him?”

Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz
Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion.  She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.
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