Scary God

This honest and challenging prayer, penned by my friend, formidable theologian, and fellow ministerial student Beth Allison, is a helpful reminder that whilst this God that we worship is most certainly a God of Love, He is not fluffy and harmless. In those famous words of CS Lewis, referring to Aslan in 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe', "He's not safe, but He is good". 

Scary God
Of wrath and vengeance 
Of battles and genocide
Not always  an easy God to believe

Scary God
Of purity requirements and exile 
Of the prophets and the marginalised
Not always an easy God to love

Scary God
Of earthquakes and judgement 
of tables overturned and leaving family behind
Not always an easy God to hear

Scary God
Of narrow paths and thorns in sides, of crosses and life denied
Not always an easy God to serve

And yet God.
Of untameable holiness
Of true righteousness
You are who you are
We fear you and we praise you.