A Lenten Journey: The Wilderness Trail — Day Nineteen, Third Sunday

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1 Corinthians 1:18-25, NRSV

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

In our old(er) age,
the man continually surprises.

No fear of being the fool,
the clown,
the one who is child-like.

Wearing a costume 
designed for a 4-year-old,
creating a staff tall
enough for a grandfather,
he enters in,
wholeheartedly,
entertaining
those kids he loves
and their parents, too.

Why do we fear being
seen as foolish?
Why?
The fools win out,
every.single.time.

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Comments

  1. Gwen Acres says

    I love the layers of Dick. Because he is so very much not the clown, the fool, he can afford to play the child like roles. How very dear he is willing to do so!

  2. I don’t know this man, but this is the aging and the deepening that I covet. These daily Lenten thoughts are so varied! Thanks for your effort and encouragement.

    • This man is my husband, whom I’ve know since I was 17 years old and have lived with for 50 years, come December. I love the way he’s kept in touch with his young self right up into his elder years.

  3. Yes, the fools DO win! I’m glad I’m one of them.
    Blessings, Diana!