Wednesday, October 28, 2009

DO ME BABY!!

I am walking along thinking of all the directions that life has lead me in. It is funny at times that I get mad because I have not led that stable life that so many people crave. I have had ups and downs and been in all types of situations. I have dealt face to face with the devil in many forms and God has brought me through each time. That makes me no better or no worse than the next person. That is just the life that God choice for me. He decided that I needed a life that was filled with various challenges. I knew that I needed to have all these lessons to build me towards His purpose for me. I have spent my life in search of purpose. I have come to realize that my life and your life are very uniquely different. I can do almost all the same things that you do yet God has given me a totally different perspective on it. There is no way for me to be you. There is no way for me to do you so I must do me and allow you to do you. What I like is what I like, if I listen to Hip Hop and wear my pants low you may see me as a thug, a criminal, yet I may go and write software at a major corporation and live in the suburbs. I may like a little reggaeton and live out in the country far away from any island hood. One day I may listen to Alicia keys and the next it may be Mettalica or Luda. So what does this say, that my experiences have given me a variety of tastes. That my reality and what I feel is based on what is deep within me. I have been given these experience to allow me to accept and understand others and their experience. Not so that I can feel better than, not so that I can point the finger and say you are less than. in the end we are all imperfect and need the Blood of Christ to save our souls. For many years I have hidden myself away from the world. Lacking the courage to come out and say that I have failed. i did not realize the training that was going on all that time. I did not see how much I was being taught about this world's imperfections and that mine were no different from other peoples. Each day I look in the mirror and I say that you can be a stronger man, that you can be a better man, I used to think that this was my flaw, that I did not accept that I am not king of the world. Then I realized that if I allow myself to think small I shall be small, but if I dream big and have faith then the world is mine. This has been promised me by my Father and often times I guess that I forget that if he wants to give me this world then it is his choice and I can not fight what he places in my heart. So today I promise to do MY best and to let you do YOUR best. I beg of you to reach for the blessings that you have been given and use them as your spirit directs you....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not much to add except a big AMEN!

One of my favorite movies quotes is from the end of The Breakfast Club: "You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions." Most ppl won't look beyond what they first see, it's easier to stereotype and assume we fit some cookie-cutter mold, which is a sad thing.