WOLVES

YOU GIVE US ALL A BAD NAME.
YOU WALK INTO CHURCH
DRESSED IN YOUR DESIGNER SUITS
AND HAVE THE AUDACITY
TO ASSUME YOU CAN COME IN AT THE LAST MINUTE
AND THROW DOWN YOUR DESIGNER PURSE
AND DESIGNER BIBLE
FRONT ROW CENTER
WHEN I HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL PERMISSION
TO SIT THERE
'CUZ I GUESS
I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
'CUZ, YOU SEE,
IF IT'S NOT OBVIOUS TO YOUR DESIGNER SELF,
I HAVE DIFFICUTLY STANDING ON MY OWN
OR EVEN JUST GETTING AROUND.
I'M A TAD HANDIE,
AS I LIKE TO SAY.
I AM AT CHURCH ON OUR HOLY DAY,
OUR DAY OF REST,
BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL,
I LOVE FELLOWSHIPPING
AND PRAISING OUR KING.
AND, O YES,
IT'S USUALLY THE ONLY DAY
I HAVE THE STRENGTH
TO GET MY CONSTANTLY SORE BODY
OUT OF BED.
SO WHEN I SEE SOMEONE DISRESPECTING MY SWEET JESUS
BY CHEWING GUM, MAKING YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A COW
CHEWING IT'S
CUD BTW
DESPITE YOUR DESIGNER HAIRCUT.
AND PLAYING ON YOUR EXPENSIVE DESIGNER
SMART PHONE
SHOWING OFF YOUR DESIGNER MANICURE
THE ENTIRE TIME.
HONESTLY?
AND YOU AND THAT WOMAN, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
'CUZ I TRY TO SHOW JESUS' LOVE TO YOU
EVERY TIME I HAVE THE STRENGTH TO BE THERE.
AND THIS ENTIRE TIME,
I THINK ABOUT A YEAR NOW,
APPROXIMATELY,
YOU APPARENTLY FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO UTTER MORE THAN A FEW WORDS TO ME,
HAVE NEVER ONCE SAID GOODBYE,
AND DO YOU REALLY LISTEN, DO YOU CARE,
DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND
WHEN YOU ASK ME HOW I AM?
AND IT'S SAD
'CUZ
I WATCH MY SWEET LIZZIE PRAISING HER KING,
HANDS UNASHAMEDLY RAISED HIGH,
JESUS' LOVE SHINING THROUGH HER BEAUTIFUL FACE.
SHE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD
DESIGNER EVERYTHING
AND MAY NOT HAVE THE HONOR
OF KNOWING THE RIGHT PERSON,
'CEPT FOR SWEET LITTLE MOI'.
AND SHE HAD TO FIGHT TO SIT UP CLOSE.
WHAT?
DID I HAVE THE GALL TO TAKE YOUR SEAT?
I"M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR PARTICULAR NAME
CARVED ON THIS PARTICULAR PEW.
AND THEN, YOUR FRIEND, THAT USHER,
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
THAT DAY THAT SWEET FRIEND OF MINE WASN'T THERE, YOU MADE ME CRY.
YOU YELLED AT ME.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT
THAT IF I WAS NOT SAVED
AND THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME COMING THERE
IF I WOULD EVER COME BACK,
IF I WOULD EVER OPEN MY CRUSHED
BROKEN
HARLET HEART
AND INVITE MY SWEET JESUS INSIDE?
NICE JOB, NOT PLANTING SEEDS.
WHAT YOU DO, GOSSIPING AND BACKBITING
AND JUDGING, ALL OF YOU, PASTORS ON DOWN,
HURTS MY HEART,
MAKES ME CRY.
AND I WONDER TO MYSELF,
DOES IT DO THE SAME THING TO OUR KING?

MATTHEW 7:15 -- "WATCH OUT FOR FALSE PROPHETS. THEY COME TO YOU IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT INWARDLY THEY ARE FEROUCIOUS WOLVES.


MATTHEW 10:16 -- "I AM SENDING YOU OUT LIKE SHEEP AMONG WOLVES. THEREFORE BE AS SHREWD AS SNAKES AND AS INNOCENT AS DOVES.


LUKE 10:3 -- GO! I AM SENDING YOU OUT LIKE LAMBS AMONG WOLVES.


ACTS 20:29 -- I KNOW THAT AFTER I LEAVE, SAVAGE WOLVES WILL COME IN AMONG YOU AND WILL NOT SPARE THE FLOCK.