Thursday, January 17, 2002

Are you a winnah? Or are you a looshah? Do you mind bein a looshah? What if God created you with just too many weaknesses? It's so hard to fit in! I'm not witty enough! I'm not smart enough! I'm not classy enough! I'm not tough enough! I'm not wise enough, intelligent enough, don't know what to say ... I'm not pretty enough ... Hey, who cares! Otherworldly baby! Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-- comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (1 John 2) And what more shall I say? I ain't got time to talk about all dem boys, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became really powerful in battle and beat down foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again, fo' sho. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. Some faced jeers and beatings, and others were thrown in jail. They were stoned by rocks, not by weed; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. Ouch! They went about in funky ass poor man's clothes, dirt poor, persecuted, and mistreated-- and the world was not worthy of them. (Hebrews 11) On the real, to trust in the Lord is better than trusting in man. And once we're covered by the blood of Christ, we're heavily favored by God, oh yes its true, w00t w00t! The approval of man means ... nothing! Fuggehdaboutdit!