Then Doubt

Doubt is
Smart
It has an edge

There is reason
There
And care for the shape
And flow
Of things on every
Side

Doubt considers
Aspects
What is good
And what needs changing

What
To say halt
To
While there are considerations
And respect
At least a dive into awareness
Of all players

Doubt
Needs affirmation
Maybe
Though first it should get it
Of itself

Which is to say the paradox might be
That
Doubt
Should be awarded its own
Certainty

To say the head
And all corners of the heart
Deserve
Consideration

And then
There are the questions
The committed should ask questions
Too
Practicality
At least

Though when
Doubt and commitment might
There might be fixing
What
Things need fixing
And leaving go
What might be brought
To bear
With virtue
Next
Occasion

Say
When the parent says
I believe
Help my unbelief

The doubt
Affirmed to heal
Embodying the risk
That faith must
Take
For the stronger
Lasting
Miracle
Of holding
On

Sometimes
Or when certain
In the morning of belief and
And in
Life
That also needs
It seems
The evening of doubt


(Mark 9:24 is cited, the entire passage recommended)



The Pain of Doubt

Doubt does
Hurt
It is disturbing

Even when
We try to keep it only
In the realm of thought
There’s
Likely
To be pain

Goodness is more fun
And we like think
More lasting
As
Promises
And prophecies
Foretell

Yet goodness unchained
Directionless
After
The pleasure might need
Something more
As well

And shall doubt
Provide that
The sureness of having
Worked
Through it all

And shall come out on
The other side
A conviction
Certainly
For enough
Of faith
And peace and
Joy



C L Couch



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