Da Word... 126!

Hey hey, what's the word potnas? How ya livin'! Me? I'm hungry as alwayz... my lunch is in danger because my eyes are fixated on it like a hawk. heh heh. i've recently had newz about a couple friend's whose grandmothers passed away. If you can, take a moment and drop a prayer for them, and for grandparents in general. Aight, on to... Da Word!

checkit:

Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them.

- Acts 6:3

Yeaaaa kid, a straight lesson in good leadership skillz (and practicality). See, there arose an issue. It was dope that the number of disciples (ie. peeps turnin' to a life of followin' da Christ and straight reppin' Pops) kept increasing with a quickness, but at the same time, da word says, the Grecian Jews among them had some beef with the Hebraic Jews (uh oh!!!). The former felt that their widows had been being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. One thing to point here, notice that these peeps were taking care of their widows!!!! They didn't just leave them to their own devices, nn nnn, naw lo. Widows were taken care of (as taught by my man J). n e w, back to da verse at hand.

So da apostles were like, "hmm, this is major, but we can't be the ones to handle all the waitin' on da widows... we gots ta head up da ministry of da word son!" And BAM! They decide that 7 kats should be chosen, and not just *any* 7, but 7 fired up and focused individuals son! YEAH! As a leader, ya gotta realize ya can't do everything. See that word "lead" there? Yeah, a good leader is able to delegate responsibility in a way that increases the collective productivity and well being of those he/she leads. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

Not only did this free up time for the Apostles to continue to do the work they were called to (spreadin' da word far and wide) but it gave others a chance to partake in this ministry, to develop their skillz and abilities, to gain a sense of ownership or belonging, and to allow the body to pull together via involvement. Da pluses of this move keep stacking up! So bruthas and sistaz, let's put this into practice thereby pouring mutual cohesiveness, strength, and development amongst ourselves. But alwayz keep in mind the needs of others above your own and escape the trap of delegation for selfish reasons... cuz that kind just leads to catastrophe son! ...and a pounding jackhammer of a headache you do not want to have, buhlee dat!

Aight potnas, I gotta bounce. Grace and PeACE!

G-bless