Orthodoxy

Every faith has one.

It sums up belief.

But, if overdone,

it may lead to grief.

If it’s descriptive,

it might have some good.

If it’s prescriptive,

it very well could

be just slavery.

In either case, though,

it simply cannot

state all that is so,

or deny what’s not.

Gödel proved this thought

for the faith called math,

Showing there is not

proof for every truth.

The Faith? Not as much

certainty as math.

Nobody can touch

on the actual path

of that wildly unpredictable,

    energetic, active, creative,

            Holy Spirit

                who

                        goes

        wherever

He will.

If your thoughts of God

are confined to bounds,

don’t think it odd

when He blows them out of His way.

Copyright ©2018, Paul H. Harder II

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