John 8:3 & 4
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery,
and placing her in the midst they said to him,
“Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.”
WRITING IN THE DIRT
“This woman,” they proclaimed, “was caught in adultery!”
We know she is guilty; caught in the act!”
Dumped in a heap of her ignominy,
The measure of her sin a proven fact.
Jesus knelt in their presence and began to write,
Flagrantly ignoring their demands and rights.
They had burst forth displaying their arrogance.
By religiosity they were in control.
They staged this challenge as a public performance,
Grinning behind their hands to watch the play unfold.
His ignoring response they could hardly abide.
He scratched his finger in the dirt of their pride.
They’d planned this event gathering rocks in their hands.
Such a sinful woman would be the perfect tool.
They would trick Him into taking a stand,
Catch Him in compassion and prove Him a fool.
But kneeling to the ground He scribbled at their feet.
Writing something down in the dirt of their deceit.
They waited on one foot and then on the other.
What was He doing? What was He writing?
Puzzled, they glanced back and forth at one another,
Rolling their eyes, their frustrations biting.
He was stretching every nerve of their irritations,
Writing in the dirt of their impatience.
But they turned away from eldest to the youngest
When He said, “Let him without sin cast first.”
The oldest in their shame may be wisest among us.
Men who are seasoned can know themselves worst.
Kneeling down to write, He had them from the start.
Writing in the dirt of their own convicting hearts.
He stood with the woman whose devotion He’d drawn.
“Where are those casting stones in condemnation?”
“None of them is left, Lord. All of them are gone.”
“Then, sin no more in the dirt of temptation.”
He brings forgiveness for those who know His love’s worth.
Have you seen His handwriting in the dirt?
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