Fools for Christ

(reflecting on 1 Cor. 1:17-31)

Lord, you know me fully well

You know the pain

And the sentiments of my heart.

Though I am wounded,

I continue to do your work

No matter how foolish I appear

To the wise of the world.

You tell me

"It's good you are a fool,

A fool for me."

Foolish enough to say

things are not right

Foolish enough to risk one's future

For the calling of the moment

Foolish enough to earn the ire

Of the wise and powerful

Foolish enough to sing a different tune

Foolish enough to open oneself

to bows and arrows

Foolish enough to say "enough"

Foolish enough to teach the intelligent and the wise

Foolish enough to keep on risking everything

Foolish enough to follow someone branded as a "Fool"

-The fool who died on the Cross.

Lord, you are a strange God.

To you I pledge my own foolishness

And strangeness

To sing a different tune

To sing your song

To dance your dance

For I trust in your endless love

And bask in your approving smile

To carry on, be a fool

For fools are happy

Deeply happy

And truly at peace with themselves

With others, and with God

Blessed are the fools

For theirs is the Kingdom of God

Blessed are the fools

For they will be loved by God..

-josephine