Decide

Haiku for living well

God says: Decide now.

Prosperity or hardship,

life or death. Your choice!

Obey God’s commands.

This is the way to true life,

thus will you prosper.

Rules for living well,

Commandments to enable

harmonious life.

Laws that serve people,

that create community;

building justice, love.

False Gods surround you;

don’t go astray or serve them.

That path leads to death.

Obey and hold fast

to God. This way leads to life;

live long in the land.

I give you this land.

Obey my laws, you’ll be blessed;

choose the way of life.

© Ken Rookes, 2023 

Things that defile

Haiku for a blameless life.

Those who are upright

offer many righteous rules

to keep us from sin.

Laws for cleanliness,

crucial for a blameless life!

Make sure you obey!

Forget about them!

When the blind guide each other

both fall in a pit.

Where do they come from,

all those evil intentions?

They come from the heart.

Not what we take in

that determines righteousness,

but what we put out.

© Ken Rookes 2017