The age in which we live

After I Corinthians 3:18-4:5 

We live in an age where 

all claim wisdom, as if wisdom

was genetic and a birthright,

an age of foolishness counted

foolishly as wisdom, at least

according to the latest poll.

Yet it is folly, all folly, mud

drying to dust, dispersed and

blown and scattered even

by the weakest wind.

 

Slyness, passing itself off

as wisdom, is chased by,

and chases, the wind.

 

We are buffeted and blown

by the world, but we stand

firm, unmoved, knowing 

that it is not ours to judge,

but only to stand, even if

struck down, stand firm 

in knowing that the wisdom

of the world, its big data, 

is a transient thing, dying

even as it’s born.

 

Photograph by David Vines via Unsplash. Used with permission.