Can I Still Pray?

I believe you frequently ask yourself this question, Can I still pray? And I know how difficult it is to go on your knees and pray to God after committing a sin you sincerely regret but are very sure you do not intend to quit any time soon. Sometimes you say to yourself “if only this very sin was excluded from the list of God’s dislikes, I will be the purest and holiest person there is”. Unfortunately, God doesn’t go back on His words and besides how much do we know that we can advice Him? So we resolve to accept the fact that it’s a part of our human nature to desire that particular sin because it is as though we are incomplete without it. Our parents, whom we believe represent God on this earth actually feel our pain (yes they really do) but they insist we live strictly by the standards clearly spelt out in the Bible, that is God’s law and they are not ready to urge you on to break the one you consider the most difficult to adhere to. Just as God Almighty will and shall never lower his standards for any man so shall your parents never lower the standards of the laws they are mere custodians of. Kwasi, like many of us asked himself this question a million times and out of frustration decided to use the art of poetry to convey a dialogue he purportedly had between himself, his Mom and God. This is what He wrote;

Dear God,

I have a girlfriend and we only kiss in the open

The love I have for her is Eros, sorry I meant Agape

We hold hands in the night

A hug is considered wrong if it’s done in the dark, I hope you don’t mind if it’s under a street light

Can I still pray?

Dear Son,

I am not a teacher

I do not have a pen in hand waiting for you to do wrong 

I hope you have also heard that you reap what you sow

I hope you don’t also think that grace is an umbrella of stupidity

I hope you still pray!

Dear Mom,

I know Akosua’s cycle

I keep the chart just in case

I realized wheelbarrow was not just a construction equipment

I can also attest that teabags are not the only things packaged in packs

Can I still pray?

Dear Kwasi,

I didn’t send you to a medical school but I realized you got yourself well acquainted

I also didn’t realize you enjoy Math lessons this much

Oh! I see you found your way around civil engineering

Don’t be sad when the natural laws of Cause and Effect are duly evoked

I hope you still pray!

Best Regards..

Dogbey
(thedogbeyleague)
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