Broken Covenants: Trust in a Fickle God

Is it me or does God have trouble keeping his word, y’all — for realz?

I been back in the Bible. I guess I’m hooked on it like some folks get hooked on Law and Order. I play it like the soaps. Every time Jon Sherberg starts spitting verses, I hear something brand new. Like today, I was making my morning lap around Belle Isle, getting in my steps. I got Genesis on loop and catch a couple things I missed the first time through. First off, it’s cool as fuck to think we all kids of Noah, who came down in direct line from Seth. I’m still confused who Seth laid up with to have kids though since the only options for partners were Adam, Eve and Cain (or Abel’s corpse).

Anyway, so the sons of Noah all go off and establish they own kingdoms, but quick as fuck they start to fighting with each other. God even seem like he’s trying to stir the pot— like he do at Babel when he see everybody getting along, speaking one tongue and God think “They might get too powerful if I allow them to understand each other.” He blasts they tongues and scatters them, turning them even more into “enemies.” Seem like God got favorites even though these mo’ fo’s was all Noah’s kids. So, it’s pretty shitty how only some of them got “chosen” while others he turns into red guys.

I ain’t no Bible scholar, so maybe I’m getting it “wrong,” but I’m listening to the words and what they wrote makes God out to be a pretty shady, petty, ruthless and fickle something or other. He keeps making promises about how he’s gonna bless folk with generations like sands on the beach, then he turn creating strife between them descendants. He tell prophet after prophet to sack this and rape that. God rip pregnant women to pieces and feed children to wild animals by the score.

I don’t wanna make light or be critical anybody religion. I’m asking for realz—what’s up with God? Why he so mad all the time? Why he gotta instigate, and play favorites? Don’t God, who infinite, got enough love for everybody and everything—or can he only love one set of people at a time? I really want to know.

Hit me up.