Like Fools for Love, I Am a Fool for God
Like fools for love, I am a fool for God;like a whirling dervish, I'd dance for Him;
and count myself a bug in blesséd sod,
sustained from head to toe by Him, life and limb.
Some are fools for power, and some for greed;
but I'm quite foolish for His Holy Bread,
a clown and jester for His Word, indeed,
an honored guest at His court who's richly fed.
None are so unwise so as to be poor;
but I'm like a fool, broken for His sake,
and what I need (worldly pleasures no more!)
can heal and mend—for life's but much heartache.
I once was a fool for knowledge and desire:
now, I just lust for His holy Baptism's fire!
Sonnet by Ngoc Nguyen
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Written on 2020-06-19 at 23:03
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