[Passion Week Reflections] God’s Own Fool

今年的棕樹主日正好落在４月１日愚人節。

學生時代，愚人節是緊張的日子，因爲總是擔心一向反應比較遲鈍的自己，成爲同學們玩閙的對象。那個時候，對於老師們還是挺恭敬的，並不敢隨意造次，更別説愚弄他們了。倒是到自己當了老師後，愚人節又再次戰戰兢兢地度過——總要打醒十二分精神，以免一個不察，落入那些小頑皮們的圈套，然後哀怨一整天！

愚人節一次又一次宣示的，就是：一定不要成爲愚人！

隨著年歲的增長，更明白這個社會裏，高舉的都是聰明人，即便所謂的“大智若愚”，重點還是在於“大智”。愚人祇會被人訕笑和作弄。

沒有誰願意做个愚人，更遑論承認自己是愚人了。

然而，今年聖周／受難周的起始，偏偏就落在愚人節。

不期然的，就想起Michael Card的God’s Own Fool.

Seems I’ve imagined Him all of my life

As the wisest of all of mankind.

But if God’s Holy wisdom is foolish to man

He must have seemed out of His mind.

Even His family said He was mad

And the priest said a demon to blame

But, God in the form of this angry young man

Could not have seemed perfectly sane.

We in our foolishness thought we were wise

He played the fool and He opened our eyes

We in our weakness believed we were strong

He became helpless to show we were wrong

So we follow God’s own Fool

For only the foolish can tell

Believe the unbelievable, come be a fool as well.

在這個記念主耶穌受難的日子裏，在愚人節那一天所開展的這一個星期再次提醒自己，跟隨祂的腳蹤行，需要的不是聰明不是才智；需要的，是一顆謙卑的受教的心。唯其如此，纔能透析愚笨道理的本質，原來就是真正的智慧——不是聰明，而是智慧。

“……世人凴自己的智慧，既然不能認識神，神就樂意藉著所傳的愚笨的道理，去拯救那些信的人。”（林前1:21）