Yes! That's RIGHT! It is EVENING! Not too bad outside either. It's starting to cool down a bit too, nice! But my stomach.... oh man! It's growlin', brutha HUNGRY! heh heh heh, I hope all is going well in your various parts of the world, fa real. Holla back and let a brutha know! aight, on to... da Word!
checkit:
Pride stinks. The problem is, the proud person is the only one who doesn't smell it.
- Chuck Swindoll
Sumtim a lil' different today potnas ;-D I was listenin' to Chuck Swindoll on the Insight for Living podcast (PEEP THAT STUFF YO!! It is GOOD STUFF!!!). He was talkin' about this kat, King Uzziah, who became a straight loser. A lil' background... apparently this kat took the throne at age 16 since his father had died. And guess what? This kat's kingdom became TREMENDOUS! It was da straight bomb diggity. Why? Cuz homeboy gave Pops da full PROPS. As a result, Uzziah was blessed, GREATLY blessed! His fame began to spread to lands afar. His people loved him. And then one day, BAM, he started to believe in his own greatness.... and everything crumbled.
Boom, there it is potnas. The moment we begin to pump our own so-called glory, our own so-called praise, and our own so-called greatness, is precisely the moment any greatness we might have had plummets. Why? Because we become arrogant and prideful. We cease to acknowledge the contributions of all those around us whom were it not for their mentorship or friendship, we would be no where near the point we are today.
But it's even worse than that brethren. See, ultimately our "gifts" are a blessing from Pops above. Are you mad eloquent? Are you a straight academic genius? Do you have a way with people such that anyone who chills with you is instantly joyous? Are you beyond amazing with your hands? Does your sense of design outclass all those around you? All these are specific gifts that Pops above has blessed you with! We've got to use them to his Glory yall! Cuz checkit, each and every one of these gifts is but a small and tiny glimpse at just how AWESOME God is, not us.
And checkit, there are tons of people with equally amazing yet unique gifts! All from the same and one... God! WOW! Imagine now what other gifts can come gushing forth from Pops himself onto us, his beloved creation! BABAAAM! The more we recognize that it's all God, and not us, the greater things we will be able to accomplish with those gifts for our actions will be blessed by none other than Pops above himself. And, as a nice bonus, we escape the pitfull of arrogance and pride whose stench destroys rather than creates.
G-bless,
- patrick
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