Monday, October 09, 2006

Da Word... 163!


Good Afternoon All!

It's monday, and it's 73 degrees!  YEAH!  Actually, that's what the weather globe on my computer says, so it might be hotter in reality.  We are gettin' MAD weather fluctuations up here! N e who, it's my da off ;-D  A lot of companies up here have this day as a holiday, and so do the schools.  It's pretty tight yo.  Oh, one more thing, if you could drop some prayers from my grandma, that'd be awesome.  She's in the hospital with some illness.  Aight, on to... da Word!

31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this...
- Mark 8:31,32

In this passage, Jesus da Christ was droppin' some knowledge on his posse da disciples.  He told them flat out and plainly, "Yo checkit, da Son o' Man... yo he's gotta suffer a ton potnas, be rejected by those high on the religious pulpit, and then he's got to be waylayed son - scrubbed from existence.  But yo, after three days, he will rise again."   J was talkin' about himself, da "Son o' Man", one of his many names.  Stop and ponder that for a moment.....

What grabs me about this is how it says my man J said it plainly, like it wasn't no thang.  BOOM, this is how it is plotnas.  J was being real, he knew that stuff was about to hit the fan, and he was gonna receive the brunt of pain and suffering.  But even though he knew this, he was chill.  He knew that by taking this hurt, the price for our sins would be paid.  BAM!  The way would be opened and death would be conquered.  Why did he have to suffer so that this could happen?  Why the pain?  Wouldn't it have been easier to come as a conqueror and wipe stuff out?  Heck yeah it would have, but then what would that have proved?  NOTHING yo!   It's weird, almost paradoxal, but it was through suffering that the greatest good be achieved. 

J suffered and died for you.  Then he rose to defeat death so that we could have a chance.  He did that with unconditional love.  It means two things. One, homeboy is serious about getting us back no matter the cost.  He loves a brutha and a sista way too much to see us wallow in our ignorance and suffer death.  Naw lo, he wants us to experience life and life more abundantly.  Second, if J, da Son o' Man himself suffered like this..... yooo, it means life against the grain ain't no walk in the park!  If you decide to take up this torch, to be a light and to walk in the truth, you will have opposition.  Peeps will both love and hate you.  They will hate that you stand for right, even though secretly they might admire it. 

In this day and age where peeps are driven by money, you will be an anomaly, an individual driven by love.  Your very existence will violate their every notion of what life is about. In other words, the road won't be easy, but the reward so totally worth it.  But yo, what's a few years of suffering, compared to an eternity of blessing?  Imagine that day when you get to meet Pops above face to face kid!  And what joy will be coursing through your entire being when your friends end up being there with you because you chose to be a light to them?  In other words, keep it real potnas.  It will be a tough road, but no one said it would ever be easy. To love unconditionally and to stand for right, to stand for those who can't stand for themselves, is a tough thing, and sometimes a thing where you alone stand.  But, you are never alone ;-D  You ALWAYS have Pops above!  And who better to have backing you up?

G-bless,

  - patrick

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