Da Word... 132!

What up whUt uP!!!!! Two days late I am I am! My bad, heh. How are things goin' on in da world? Life? Work? Family? Things here are going well. Went to the dentist today for the first time since I was a young kid.... been a loooong time. And guess what? NO CAVITIES! How do you like THEM apples Michel Rbeiz!!!! HAH HAH! Now don't you owe me a #6 Biggie Sized with Fruit Punch from Wendy's? I forget the bet we actually made, but I *KNOW* it had sumtim to do with grubbage ;-D Aight, on to... da Word!

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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

- Paul (Acts 20:35)

There he goes again! New Testament badmamajamma, my man Paul spittin' ILL truth! WORD! He is droppin' some last couple tidbits of knowledge before he leaves the Ephesians and heads to another destination to again spit the word. Paul is most DEF a tru soldier, heh heh. N e who, the key item that I'd like to bring out in this bad boy is the last bit. My man Paul is imploring these kats to remember da words of da Lord J himself, to remember that, "yo son! It is way more blessed to give, potnas, than to receive!" That is key peeps!

Why in the world would it be more blessed to give than to receive? Well, for one, da Lord J said so! In other words, Pops above done made a promise that if we give, He HIMSELF will bless us 10, 30, 100 fold! Yeah kid!!!!! That is ill, but that isn't what we should focus on nor what J wanted us to focus on. Cuz if we did, that would just be selfish. We'd be lookin for the reward that comes with giving. If that is so, what is the point of givin'? With a mentality like that, we'd only be looking at numero uno. No no no NO! What J is talkin' about is the blessing we receive when giving from the genuine, no strings attached, bottom of our heart potnas!

It's HARD to give without strings attached. It's like we are wired to expect at least SOME kind of recognition. Bump that yall. Think of the times when you gave without any expectation of receiving anything. Wasn't it awesome? You helped somebody out! You brightened someone's day! You UPLIFTED someone from the depths! That feeling is straight AWESOME! That is the blessing J is talkin' about! But that is only the beginning of the blessing! Uplifting another uplifts you. Such altruistic behavior is inevitably recognized by those around you and ultimately you are rewarded with trust, confidence, and closer friendships. Even if you don't realize it, a posse begins to form that will support you! They even begin to talk about you among many other circles. Who knows, then you might even get official recognition. And whoa wait wait... POPS drops some blessings on ya too!!!!

See, it is def, most def, much better, and way more ill, to give... than to receive.

Be blessed potnas! PeACE!

G-bless