The Foolishness of God

February 8, 2014February 8, 2014 donaldlindsey Haiku 1Corinthians 1:18-25, free choice, haiku, human will, press release, the foolishness of God

Were we to strip the cultural nuances of ‘free choice’ away and distill it down to its root value, the undeniable truth is that we humans esteem our greatest desires more highly than anything else at any given speck of time. The capacity of ‘human will’ is absolutely free, yet it is shackled and chained by desire.

Has your ‘free will’ been shackled and chained by Christ crucified? If so, then as I, you may have been regenerated by Christ—the power of God and wisdom of God. Before that event occurred, I was strong–a real wise guy, but then I learned: “…the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men (1 Corinthians 1:25). What is your greatest desire?

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God is Laughing

January 2, 2014March 6, 2015 donaldlindsey Haiku, Prose Poetry God is Laughing, love poetry, Psalm 2

I step into the January night and breathe Michigan air deeply, exhale a heavy stream of steam, and I see Aurora beaming at me with her green eyes and red nostrils. Magnificent. I hear geese honking their lungs out down on the Shiawassee River, and then I stare beyond Aurora’s icy glare, and I wonder: Is God laughing? Not at me, specifically, but is he laughing right now as you read this? Does he ever laugh at all? And if God does get giggly, why don’t we ever hear omnipotent laughter? And then, duh, I realize: If I open his book and listen carefully . . . .