Accident of Birth November 30, 2006

You may think you are an accident
not planned–
with no purpose.
Parents young when they made you
didn’t want you from the first.

But your Creator
fashioned you in the womb
with great care and excitement.
Your hair, your toes, your quirks
were precisely infused into you.

He carefully
and skillfully
planned your blueprints–
your wrapping–
a gift,
A gift to this earth.
And this gift
is You.

Yes, life is hard
and your parents weren’t of your choosing.
But you are a gift,
a gift from the heavens.
A gift from above.

You were skillfully,
and meticulously crafted with a purpose.
You are a gift.
And it is time to unwrap the gift,
the destiny–
the purpose–
the problem you were designed specifically to solve,
and let the peoples of the earth
rejoice in their gift
and be blessed by you.

(c) shari mcgriff 2006

To the Woman in Adultery November 21, 2006

(I am praying that if you are involved in this behavior, and don’t know what to do, that this will give you some insight and direction as to what to do, and how to get out–Jesus loves you, and the life He wants to give you is so much better than what you are living.)

July 14, 2006

To the Woman in Adultery

 It grieves me to see

 How you’ve turned away

     From our Savior, Our God

          And our King.

The things we once shared

The experiences

The revelations

Have now become a mirage

     In your eyes.

The Love we once shared

     For the Lord

Has grown cold on your side.

  The scriptures say,

     What God has joined together

          Let no man put asunder.

Let no woman separate.

But you my friend,

     Need to wake up.

You no longer heed

      The voice of the Lord

But follow the voice of a stranger

     And the voice of your flesh.

What you are doing

      Is not worth it.

It only brings death and destruction.

 Your love has waxed cold

Your eyes have grown dim.

God has not abandoned you

But you have abandoned Him.

Friend,

 God loves you so much

 He sent His Jesus to die

     For your sins.

 You knew Him, once

Now, know Him, again.

 Cry out to Him.

He will save you

He will set you free

     From the bondage

          You

               Knowingly,

                    walk in.

It is not too late

But one day, it will be.

For tomorrow is guaranteed

     To

No Man.

 When Jesus met the woman at the well

It was revealed she had married five men

 And the sixth man was not her husband

But an unjust man.

 She was led into adultery

     By the five senses

          Sensual ness

               The Lust of the flesh.

And the sixth man in the story

 Leads to the complete annihilation

     Of her walk with God

          Her communion with Him.

The sixth man is

      The fall of man.

 My friend,

This woman is you

And you have another chance.

 God has set before you

Life & Death

Choose life

Choose Him.

 Pack your bags

 And run

Run as fast as you can

For the high calling is still ahead

If you choose Him.

But if you choose

      The unjust man

Your destiny will perish

As you will, My friend.

 I love you too much

 To not tell you the truth

But the children

      You have following you

If they perish without Jesus

Their blood is on your hands.

You will be held accountable

So choose wisely, my friend

It is not just your life

     In the balance

But the lives

      Of children and men.

Your testimony of the Lamb

     Has been trampled

As your integrity

     Has been.

 But you have another chance.

Jesus told the woman at the well

He wanted worshipers

     Who would worship

           In spirit and in truth.

But you have lied to yourself

You have rationalized the Word of God,

      Saying you are married

     In your heart.

This is self-deception

This is not true.

You are in adultery,

     And you know this to be true.

And the adultery

      Must end.

You must choose.

Choose Jesus.

He is the seventh man.

He is your new beginning,

Your second chance

     To live the high calling

But there is a price you must pay

You must choose Jesus

     And not the unjust man.

Choose Life,

      My friend.

 I know this is hard to hear

But it is only because I love you

That I can speak

       What you do not want to hear.

Search your heart friend,

For what you know is true

Jesus is waiting

     Just for you. 

    

(c) shari mcgriff

The Harvest on the Street November 18, 2006

Drivin’ in my car
Passing gangsters on the street
Police tape blowin’ in the wind
     I wonder who got beat?

Just a mom in a minivan
Annointed with the power of heaven
Prayin’ in the Spirit
For the gangster
     And God to remove the leaven.

Let your Spirit come, Lord
Come to this street.
Let your Wind blow, Lord
     Remove the chaff from the wheat.

Use your sickle on the wheat
Cut it off from the street.
Bundle them with Your love,
     Bring them to the feast.

(c) shari mcgriff 2006

The Consequences of Sin November 7, 2006

The consequences of sin

Though seemingly small—

May be mighty.

They may look short term

But carry a life sentence.

Yes, God can redeem

Yes, God can restore

But the consequences of sin

Are close at hand.

They may come swift

They may be delayed

The tremors are underground

Ready to tear your life apart.

 

The sinner can be forgiven

The sin thrown into the sea

But residue of an earthquake

Will always be seen.

The tectonic plates rub together

They may seem dormant for a time

But the shaking will come again

For the consequences of our sin

Is hiding underground.

 

Yes, God can redeem

Yes, God can restore

But guard your decisions, my friend,

Because the consequences of sin are mighty

And will shake your world apart.

© shari mcgriff  2006 November 6