Biblios Hokku – 1 Corinthians

“And now I will show you the most excellent way.” Paul makes this promise to his readers at the end of 12 chapters of writing about sin and Christ-like behaviour.  He then launches into an explanation of this most excellent way, by giving us 1 Corinthians 13.  (Love is patient… love is kind… love does not… love does…. if I have no love… and the greatest of these is love… )

All this to cap off a book that starts with quite a dramatic promise :

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1:18)

 

1 CORINTHIANS
The Power of God?
Love – A most excellent way:
The way of the cross

For a full list of books, and their corresponding haiku, go here. 

Biblios Hokku - Daniel

I don't have to tell you who Daniel is, do I?
I don't have to tell you what he and his friend did, do I?

Good, then enjoy a Haiku about him, and go visit my other page of you want to read more.

DANIEL
Steadfast and constant.
Through fire and beast they stand -
And God stands with them.

Biblios Hokku - Poetry

In this Biblios Hokku journey, we have so far looked at the histories, and next we will be looking at the works of the prophets.

But first, a few of the poetic works of the bible, reduced to single-verse Haikus.

PSALMS
Praise ye the Lord.
In our joy, and our sadness,
our help comes from Him

PROVERBS
The fear of the Lord
is the heart of all wisdom.
Look to Him and live.

ECCLESIASTES
For God, in his time,
has made beautiful all things,
and timeless our hearts.

SONG OF SONGS
Love is his banner,
love better than any wine.
“Behold! Thou art fair!”