Haiku responding to Rom. 8:6-11
Looking to ourselves
leads to death; to find life, peace,
look to the Spirit.
Minds set on the flesh
are hostile to God; God's law
does not rule in them.
You are not fleshly
since God's Spirit dwells in you.
You belong to Christ.
Christ dwells in you; though
the body, through sin, is dead,
the Spirit is life!
God's Spirit, who raised
Jesus to life, gives us life;
makes God's home in us.
© Ken Rookes 2026
