WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN

 

WE ARE GOD’S CHILDREN

                                     Many religions mention God as humanity’s father.  For some He is both father and mother. He is immeasurably concerned about our health and happiness and grants our prayers as much as He considers them essential and genuine.   

                                     He goes on watching us like a mother who never becomes careless about all the needs and comforts of her children. Like her He is deeply concerned, kind -hearted, loving and generous.

 

                                     The sonnet given below sums up God’s kindness towards humanity. Its author is the English poet, critic and essayist Leigh Hunt (1784-1859).

                                    

                                     In poetry, Leigh Hunt is also famous for another sonnet in which he describes the great beauty of the river Nile, and the poem “Abou Ben Adhem” in which he says that he who loves his fellow-men loves God.

                                     To conclude, here is the full text of the sonnet under reference :

 

Just as a mother with sweet pious face

Yearns towards her little children from her seat,

Gives one a kiss, another an embrace,

Takes this upon her knees, that on her feer,

And while from actions, looks, complaints, pretences,

She learns their feelings and their various will,

To this a look, to that a word dispenses,

And whether stern or smiling, loves them still;

So Providence for us, high, infinite,

Makes our necessities its watchful task,

Hearkens to all our prayers, helps all our wants,

And ev’n if it denies what seems or right,

Either denies because ‘twould have us ask

Or seems but to deny, or in denying grants.

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G.R.Kanwal

18 June 2025