Tracy K. Smith's Life In Mars

In life many people come across the question if God exist. Life in Mars’ author Tracy K. Smith may have asked the same question in her book. Her collection of poems makes references to this question. God is the one creator of everything that we have in this world today, yet, God has only showed and told us what he wants us to know about him. God is ever living within us all. God is life, creation, love but is not a human being. The Bible implies that God is love and John 4:8 when it states, “Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love” (John 4:8 NIV). Both questions help to further understand who God is and how big of a part he plays in our life. The bible also states, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7-10 NIV). From these quoted bible verses, it is implied that Smith has a relationship with God yet it isn’t that strong. This is proving the God is present in Life on Mars, especially in the poem “The Speed of Belief.” Connor refers to “The Speed of Belief” as “accepting humanity’s contingent place in the universe, between fear and hope. Both science fiction and religion offer the temptation to escape the fear, but each also offers hope and urges us to confront the reality of our existence and to do so in ways that extend beyond the private.” (Connor 371) From this information one can gather that Connor is trying to tell us that from this poem gives people the option to choose the things they want without being afraid of the