Topdog or Underdog

WOE

Woe to the church who mistreats and abuses the underdog.

Woe to the greedy for power and adulation.

Woe to the pastors who put 'church' before love, 

before compassion and before grace.

Woe to the filled and the satisfied and the self appointed,

Woe to the rich who steal from the poor and ignore:

the pain and the suffering and the needs of the broken, the desperate, the messy and the unclean - for the sake of the 'good name' of their church and the wealth of their reputation and position

WOE

to the learned and the knowledgeable with their titles and positions, their creeds and their expectations which flow so eloquently from their mouths but neglect the heart of the outcast and the underdog who are waiting mouths open to grab at the scraps from the table they preach from.

WOE

to those who continue to peddle the evil of legalism, to freeze out the ones who are fighting to breathe and to survive and escape their demons only to be beaten and rejected by the hands they were told were sent to free them

WOE.

For Jesus he came for the sick for the sinner for the needy and broken for the soul that has crashed and burned and faltered and realised their need - only to be told by the 'church' upon entering that they are no good that their sins are crimson and go ever before them - but with words that say 'we love you' 'we accept you' and 'we include you' while at the same time rejecting and cursing and eliminating them from the ranks of 'their' chosen'

WOE.

Woe to the church who mistreats and abuses the underdog.