Today I got a letter from Tamirat, to the sponsor "whom I love". I was just thinking this morning that I need to write that boy, then lo and behold, sometime during the week, a letter came from him. A Christmas letter. My 3rd letter
He thanked me for the gift I sent. He purchased shoes and a shirt with the money. He told me he is in Sunday school and vocational school.
I still do not know much about him, as I have not been his sponsor very long. He is 21 (just 3 months younger than I!), so he will not be in the program much longer.
It just a short letter, but the last he wrote was a request that I pray for his father, who has been sick. And so I ask that you who read this pray too. I know not what the illness is, but Tamirat thought it necessary to ask his me to pray.
I love him. I've seen one picture of him, and received just 3 short letters. But God saw it fit that I, in my affluence, be joined to this young man in his poverty. I feel 'off' saying that, but I know not what else I could say.
I could teach you how to kill without choking, stabbing or shooting. Just walk past someone who's dying and do this And it's funny--I'm stuck instructing this tough class but I just passed I was not the good Samaritan--I was the priest who just passed Who can't understand why he's only washing his hands after taking his blood bath but But here's the lesson: Death is the equivalent to life when life is unmentioned. So scratch the strife and the tension You might as well pull them to the side, look them in the eye, and tell them, "I want you to die."
And if they're struggling and desperate for a word of life to survive, Just keep your mouth closed--now that's homicide Most Christians are so eager to open their mouths to bless me, But when I'm struggling with sin, they hold the truth back and pat me on the back gently, and tell me something sweet, cuz they don't want to offend me At that point it was so necessary for me to repent see, I was driving on grace while my tank was on empty why only bash violence when silence is so deadly? And Scripture says our tongues hold the power of life and death And that helps, but couldn't we use our powers to bring life to someone else? if we just think it but never speak it, then death will volunteer itself
Shhh don't mention it. Shhhh just roll with it Shhhhh it's the generation of hush Hush mode-ism. And it's ruining us you can trust that people are thinsting for the living water so why are we so busy sweating bullets trying to keep it a secret that they're sure to be dry. . .Bones In this valley we are all Ezekiels God needs us to speak to his people Shall they live? I don't know Cuz honestly, if I'm not speaking life into you, I'm killing you I see some of you are feeling the same type of conviction I'm feeling too Cuz if I had an adjective to describe the type of killers we've become, it would be serial And I'm serious, just look at us Even in our personal lives, we've hidden behind our lies so many times that our hearts have a hard time convincing our minds that everything is fine, so because of our pride, we keep our lips sealed, and pretend that we're mimes
not knowing that our audience is potentially blind
But my God speaks Braille, and it's only difficult
If you can't see what He did for you
So I don't care what they did to you, know how much it gets to you
regardless of who disrespected, rejected, or neglected you, slept with you
and sexually transmitted disease infected you
no matter who, what ,when, where, why or how they spiritually or physically molested you
raped you, betrayed you, spit in your face just to show you how much they hate you
despite what they did against you,
if you take two seconds and think about how you've offended God,
it should make you understand how much you deserve death just as much as they do
so if they hurt you, let them know, speak forgiveness, let it go,
cuz my brethren you should know holding a grudge is the same as holding a gun
with the intention of having someone resting in peace
why do you think they say, speak now or forever hold your click-click peace?
you know sometimes we can be like old TVs
with antennae that can't receive signals from above so they shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
but God wants you to transmit that big picture with love
so don't let fear remote control you
cuz no matter how much static is in your view on Christ's station,
it's never cute to be mute in volume
so I dare you to be different, cuz by faith I've made a decision
that even if I was somehow placed in a prison
feet tied up, hands cuffed, face duct-taped up,
I would summon my faith in the Christ who saved us
through the manifestations of my heart's meditations,
I'd initiate communicate with my brain and
translate that information to my nerves and my veins,
sending words to my epidermis surface in case my lips couldn't release my statements,
I'd nod, twitch, and wiggle and wink you towards salvation
The spirit of pride--every spirit of pride or lack of boldness, I destroy it in the name of Jesus
You are now granted freedom to life--and not just to have it, but to speak it
Just allow God to breathe it, your CPR is needed
so if anyone is ever seeking for life, through the power of your words
I pray and I wish that I never see anyone go shhhhhhh
Cuz Christ took lashes of the whip--and I'm not talking the regular whip
The kind of whip that when inflicted, causes the flesh to rip and compels you to go --
So you never have to go shhh
And now that we know that God has chosen that our spiritual reproductive organs be manifested
by our words through our lips when we're speaking supernaturally we're conceiving by our words
through our lips
so how can life continue to exist when my sisters keep them closed and my brothers keep them zipped?
so for the sake of life I beg you to open your mouth and speak
Truth is, I don't have much to say right now. And so, this post is not really a chance for me to say something, but just to be another person blogging bout something really awesome. . .
P4CM's 4th Lyricist Lounge is this Saturday. I've been waiting FOREVER.
Maybe I'll have something to say after I go and get convicted . . .
ANYWAY, click the title for the link. To purchase tickets, click on the picture
What's extra cool about this one is that a member of the church I attend while in OC is going to be there! Check out Propaganda!
