When one reads the Gospels, one tends to be tempted to shout “ojoro!”
A woman caught in the act!
Not days ago or years ago. Not past sins o… caught in the act my brethren!!
Then one has to catch themselves and ask, wait o…am I a Pharisee or the unmerciful servant?
Or am I saying the Lord Jesus is not just? God forbid
It is he who has been forgiven much who loves much. Else it means that one does not know the gravity for which he has been forgiven.
Selah
HannahDGinus
© 2026
Scandal has tingled the villagers’ ears
And engendered the gossip mother fears.
I find her, alone, dissolved in tears
From what she’s heard in the marketplace.
When I go for water, my ears start burning,
As I shop for fish, my feet start turning
To run, but I’m gradually learning
That their hisses can’t rob me of God’s grace.
They tell my father it’s a shame.
They tell my mother she’s to blame.
They whisper to others that I’m a stain
On the high reputation of this godly place.
A swollen belly can’t be hid
Nor the depths of disgrace into which I’ve slid.
Next, my marriage vows they’ll try to forbid
And work to see me exiled from this place.
In the angel’s words it was God I heard
He’s wiser than the scoldings of this world.
I’m told if I faithfully follow His word
I’ll hold the Creator of all time and space
In my arms.
Pamela Urfer
© 2021
Christ a poet 