Monday, July 27, 2026

For their sake

Haiku responding to Rom 9:1-5


Apostle Paul speaks

truthfully of the anguish

he feels in his heart.


Paul's conscience confirms

his pain, the Holy Spirit

stirs his deep feelings.


Paul wishes he was

accursed and cut off from Christ,

for his people's sake.


They are Israelites,

the covenants are theirs. Law,

God's promises, too!


Brothers and sisters,

Paul's flesh and blood, are missing 

out on God's promise.


He came, one of them,

according to the flesh; Christ

the Lord over all.


God's plan all along,

says Paul. Oh, that my people

would come, receive it!!



© Ken Rookes 2026

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For their sake

Haiku responding to Rom 9:1-5 Apostle Paul speaks truthfully of the anguish he feels in his heart. Paul's conscience confi...