Immigrant
You came to America because you thought it was great!
It wasn’t made great by following Buddha
It wasn’t made great by following Mary.
This country was made great by following Jesus.
Its tenets are from the Bible,
The very Word of God.
Its founders dedicated this country to Jehovah,
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
And they dedicated it to His Son, Jesus.
Find out about Jesus.
Follow Him,
And He will make this country great,
For You!
© shari mcgriff 2006
Wolves in sheep’s clothing
Sweet words like honey
Dripping out of their mouths
As blood.
The scent of the slaughter
Still on their skin
The perfumed counterfeit of worship
In a song.
Praying, decreeing in the night
Manipulations, spells,
Covered by the darkness
Of their sin.
“Obey me, follow me, listen to me,
I hear from God,”
they say.
A Pied Piper of hell, they are.
Their smooth enticements
Drawing the sheep to the edge of the cliff,
Only to be left there
Blindly following each other
Screaming, as they fall to their death.
The Pied Piper shakes his head
“hmmm,” he says
“I wonder how that happened?”
Shaking his head he turns tail and runs.
Off he is, to find another fold to infiltrate
And bring to their destruction.
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© shari mcgriff 2006
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A True Shepherd: |
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| Matthew 18:12 | “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost? |
| Matthew 18:13 | And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away! |
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The Pied Piper: |
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| Matthew 7:15 | “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. |
| Matthew 7:16 | You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? |
I know who I am,
I don’t have to shout it
From the rooftop.
My title is just a title,
I can be crushed by it.
I must follow Christ’s example
For He said,
“Who do you say that I am?”
He did not shout
From the rooftop,
“I am God!”
Although He is.
So, I’ll walk in the Spirit.
I’ll walk in humbleness.
I’ll follow His example.
I’ll walk the pitch
Of the rooftop,
With balance
And righteousness.
If I don’t,
The slope
Of the rooftop
Will cause me to fall
Right through it.
© shari mcgriff
this poem was inspired by a dream. I’m going to tell you the dream, very quickly…..there was a prophet, in the dream that had a yahoo group, or
something like it,and someone was chastising others with their messages on the
group. I went to talk to him about it, and he basically said not to
worry about it, and said, ”I’ve understood deciduous people for a long time.”
(of course to write this I then had to find out what God meant–so
here it is) Deciduous is a category of trees, and a Cedar of Lebanon is a tree that has succulent needles that hold water.
Deciduous People
deciduous people
go through a period of growth
but then they fall.
they chastise each other in their “maturity”
then their leaves fall off.
they must go through a period of dormancy
before life can come again,
for the fruit and the life of the deciduous
is cracked, and brittle and dead.
“but the godly will flourish like palm trees”
and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.
they flourish in God’s garden
and grow fruit in old age.
their needles hold the essence of life
they remain vital and green.
they do not go through the cyclical death of the deciduous
but bear fruit in every season.
their leaves never wither–
nor fall off.
God’s people, choose this day, between life and death
which tree do you want to be,
the deciduous or the cedar?
the cyclical death or vibrancy?
stop chastising each other
unless, specifically, sent by God.
your words bring death to many,
and your fruit is falling off.
(c)shari mcgriff
Psalm 92:12-14
Psalm 1:3
Deut 30:19
What good is a seer
if there is nothing to see?
What good is a prophet
if there is no one to hear?
What good is a pastor
if there are no sheep to shepherd?
What good is a teacher
if there are no students to teach?
What good is an apostle
if there is nothing to plant?
What good is an evangelist
if there is no where to go?
What good is a seer, if there is nothing to see??
Peer intently, O Seer
And you will see.
What good is a prophet, if there is no one to hear??
Speak the Word, prophet
Someone will hear.
What good is a pastor, if there are no sheep??
Pastor those around you, pastor
And your sheep fold will grow.
What good is a teacher, if there are no students to teach??
Teach yourself first, teacher
Then others will draw near.
What good is an apostle, if there is nothing to plant??
Plant the seed that is inside you first, apostle
Then you’ll produce more seeds to plant.
What good is an evangelist, if there is no where to go??
Did you obey My last instruction to “go” evangelist?
That is the real question.
Worship Me,
Then listen, see, speak, pastor, teach, plant, and go.
The next step will be revealed
After you’ve followed the first.
© shari mcgriff 2006
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