One Body

Haiku for members

Hey there, look at me

I am so clever, gifted;

I have the Spirit!

So, even Christians

get caught up, forgetting love.

It’s all about me!

Seduced by power,

craving honour and glory;

forgetting their Lord.

My gift is better

than your gift is. Look at me!

God thinks I’m clever.

It’s time you grew up.

Boasting is way out of line

for people of God

Your gifts were given

that you might work together;

do great things for God.

Big gifts, lesser gifts,

each one has their part to play;

you need each other.

In the one Spirit

baptised into one body;

Jews, Greeks, slaves and free.

© Ken Rookes 2020

Posted in response to the Narrative Lectionary for Pentecost