{"id":468,"date":"2014-03-28T01:05:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T01:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=468"},"modified":"2014-03-28T01:05:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T01:05:34","slug":"where-is-that-god-1973","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=468","title":{"rendered":"Where is That God (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Where is That God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Where is that God?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a God<\/p>\n<p>who thoroughly orders it all<\/p>\n<p>and within this<\/p>\n<p>makes miracles so<\/p>\n<p>strong and resounding that<\/p>\n<p>they knock us over and<\/p>\n<p>drown us in the tidal wave<\/p>\n<p>of belief<\/p>\n<p>there is a God<\/p>\n<p>who stands by his people<\/p>\n<p>and guides the people<\/p>\n<p>and those who love<\/p>\n<p>God and have faith<\/p>\n<p>in God<\/p>\n<p>where is that God of love and justice?<\/p>\n<p>there is a God<\/p>\n<p>who allows the world to<\/p>\n<p>fall into pieces<\/p>\n<p>disintegrated by anxiety<\/p>\n<p>torn and shattered<\/p>\n<p>stained with blood<\/p>\n<p>and smashed by cannon<\/p>\n<p>and flesh<\/p>\n<p>who sleeps unroused by<\/p>\n<p>the cries of tormented people<\/p>\n<p>wearing their throats to ash<\/p>\n<p>for no avail<\/p>\n<p>there is a God<\/p>\n<p>who deserts the people<\/p>\n<p>and lets them face trial<\/p>\n<p>and death without<\/p>\n<p>a sign<\/p>\n<p>who turns his back when needed the most<\/p>\n<p>and in a fury of<\/p>\n<p>disappointment lets the<\/p>\n<p>people down.<\/p>\n<p>When will that God go?<\/p>\n<p>When will the God of justice and mercy<\/p>\n<p>come to replace the God of callousness?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>October 1973<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is That God by Marc Mangel &nbsp; Where is that God? &nbsp; There is a God who thoroughly orders it all and within this makes miracles so strong and resounding that they knock us over and drown us in the tidal wave of belief there is a God who stands by his people and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=468\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/468\/revisions\/469"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}