Good Evening!!!!
What's going on peeps! I missed last week yo! It was HECTIC! Heh, but everyone's still standin', tru! How's it going out there? How ya livin'! Heh heh, aight, on to... da Word!
checkit:
I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety.
- Pops (Ezekiel 34:25)
Da words o' Pops above Himself son!!!! I encourage you to read the entire chapter of Ezekiel 34. It's chock full of good stuff, all from Pops' perspective, and using the shepherd/sheep imagery. It hits on the responsibilities of the shepherds to the sheep, the social contracts among sheep and among shepherds and sheep, da whole nine! It's quite GENIUS! When extracted out and applied to the people of Israel, and to Pops wishes for all his creation, it speaks volumes. It hits on social justice, dignity, service, humility, strength, and more. Peep it potnas, and study it.
Eventually I got to the verse above and was encouraged even more! The gist... Pops has got yo back kid!!!!!! He promised Israel that He would bring a covenant of peace. Who does not want peace? We can struggle for only so long before we are crushed by its sheer and mammoth weight. A moment of peace is like heaven. A period of peace... yeah dawg! That's even better. Pops above says that he will rid the land of wild beasts. That's freakin' awesome. Well, that depends on which side of that equation we stand ;-D heh heh. I would NOT want to be a wild beast... not when Pops above is the clean sweeper, oh no no no! I'd want to be the kat with whom He is makin' that ILL covenant of peace. For Israel, traveling and living in and about the deserts and forests during mighty dangerous times, imagine the feeling of peace that would well up within knowing they could live and sleep in safety? Knowing that they wouldn't have to sleep with one eye open, or constantly glance over their shoulder? What about for you?
Where are you inhabiting right now? What kind of wild beasts prowl around? ...are you the beasts? Da bottom line is this, Pops takes care of His own. What better being would you want in your corner? Life is tough, and da real world.... maaaaaaaan! But if Pops is in your corner.... awwwww YEAH! He'll take care of the beasts and grant us safety even in the most desolate of wastelands. How you like them apples? PeACE!
G-bless,
- patrick
Da words o' Pops above Himself son!!!! I encourage you to read the entire chapter of Ezekiel 34. It's chock full of good stuff, all from Pops' perspective, and using the shepherd/sheep imagery. It hits on the responsibilities of the shepherds to the sheep, the social contracts among sheep and among shepherds and sheep, da whole nine! It's quite GENIUS! When extracted out and applied to the people of Israel, and to Pops wishes for all his creation, it speaks volumes. It hits on social justice, dignity, service, humility, strength, and more. Peep it potnas, and study it.
Eventually I got to the verse above and was encouraged even more! The gist... Pops has got yo back kid!!!!!! He promised Israel that He would bring a covenant of peace. Who does not want peace? We can struggle for only so long before we are crushed by its sheer and mammoth weight. A moment of peace is like heaven. A period of peace... yeah dawg! That's even better. Pops above says that he will rid the land of wild beasts. That's freakin' awesome. Well, that depends on which side of that equation we stand ;-D heh heh. I would NOT want to be a wild beast... not when Pops above is the clean sweeper, oh no no no! I'd want to be the kat with whom He is makin' that ILL covenant of peace. For Israel, traveling and living in and about the deserts and forests during mighty dangerous times, imagine the feeling of peace that would well up within knowing they could live and sleep in safety? Knowing that they wouldn't have to sleep with one eye open, or constantly glance over their shoulder? What about for you?
Where are you inhabiting right now? What kind of wild beasts prowl around? ...are you the beasts? Da bottom line is this, Pops takes care of His own. What better being would you want in your corner? Life is tough, and da real world.... maaaaaaaan! But if Pops is in your corner.... awwwww YEAH! He'll take care of the beasts and grant us safety even in the most desolate of wastelands. How you like them apples? PeACE!
G-bless,
- patrick
