John 9: 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
First, forgive me for the language, but this question from the Bible irks me. It really does. I think “who sinned” in modern vernacular would be spoken today in the words I chose.
Who f*cked up?
Someone did!
Remember –
Adam hid
When he f*cked
Up and ate
That apple!
Think we’re great?
We can’t see.
Humans fail.
All people
Are so frail!
Yet some one
Not like me
Must be flawed.
We should see
Who is at
Fault, or who
F*cked up. We
Have no clue
The thought behind the question is what irritates me. Whose fault is it that someone is blind? Is it his? Is it his parents?
How small minded we are!
Here are the questions I would ask — and do ask! How can I help this person? What can I learn from this person? I’ll bet they have some amazing stories; would they share them with me?
This year for the A-to-Z challenge, I’m challenging myself to write a Cethramtu Rannaigechta Moire every day. I can’t pronounce it, but I can tell you that it’s an Irish poetic form that requires 3 syllable lines in quatrains. The second and fourth lines rhyme.
Additionally, I’ve been collecting questions for a few years — specifically questions from the Bible. I have a big problem with people who think they know everything, especially religious people.
The more someone thinks they know God, the converse is probably true. I know less about God today than I did last year or five years or twenty-five years ago. I have so many questions.
Turns out the Bible is full of questions.
So, I’m using questions from the Gospel of John for this challenge.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
I thought of doing the challenge with poems this year. Instead I am just doing the A-Z in regular blog posts. I decided I can do a poem a day in May.
I’m ready to give up my idea for A to Z — I may move to regular posts 😐
Just as long as you continue to post regularly, I enjoy your posts A to Z or not.
What’s the challenge in May? I may like to try it — unless, of course, I am poemed out.
There’s no official challenge. I just would be writing a poem a day in May.
I may join you. The poem-a-day-Kristin-Sally challenge.
Sounds good! If I can just get through this A to Z!
Sally this is a really novel and interesting way to explore the questions. I think we all have questions and the more I know the more I realize I don’t know much!
About Day 3 of the challenge, I was in whose-dumb-idea-was-this mode. Well, at least that was the question at the front of my mind. The questions in the Bible are absolutely fascinating though. They make me feel less alone with all my own faith questions.
I’m not really into poetry, but the Gospel of John is my favourite book in the Bible so you got me. I think the question was reasonable given the Jews’ belief in generational sin. As usual, Jesus’ response was mind blowing. I look forward to reading more of your thoughts. A to Z Blogging Challenge: D (dacairns.com.au)
Gospel of John is question dense, too. Both the questions and answers are fascinating to look at.
I have more questions than answers on the “who f’d up”….but the long and the short of it is, we all did and do…. thank God for grace! 💞💞💞
Exactly! Amen!