Oh no you just didn't!!!!

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

~ Galatians 6:7

I have got to be one of the LEAST prudish people I know...but, maybe like LaShun Pace sang, "I know I've been changed."

Case in point, this song "Amen" by Meek Mill.

I mean, a little organ music in your secular song?

No problem. I mean, I am an '80's baby so "Faith" by George Michael was my jam.

A little church-feeling chord or two in your song about courtin' a young lady?

Once again, noooo problem. (Thanks Ray Charles!)

A little organ music and a churchy-feeling hook in rap song about sexual debauchery, getting drunk and worshiping money? Eh. Do you boo.

But to use "Amen" as a title of such a song? And to holler "Church!" and "Preach!" throughout such a song? And to "Thank God" for all the "bad bitches" and "real niggas" in the building?

To express myself in a Christian manner, I would have to say that "I am offended."

To express my sentiment in a more secular manner -- perhaps this manner might be better understood by the folks responsible for this song and the playing and popularity of this song -- "That's really f*cked up and you wrong for dat."

My worship of God is a huge part of my relationship with Him and I don't appreciate pieces of my workship being used so flippantly.

...Final thought: Whatever happened to real Hip Hop?

I almost forgot

The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land... thank the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

~ Deuteronomy 8: 7 & 10 

There ain't nothing wrong with a little reminder every once and a while.

Like that old Gospel song says, "When I look back over my life and I think things over, I can truly say that I have been blessed I have a testimony!"

I almost forgot though.

I almost forgot that my life got threatened weekly at my job.

I almost forgot that I had to work hours upon hours upon hours during my weekend.

I almost forgot that I got cussed out and cussed at by children and grown folks Monday through Friday. (For a while I thought my first name was "Bitch" and my last name was "Be Trippin'.")

I almost forgot that I had thousands of papers to grade each month.

I almost forgot that the physical strains of the job put me in the emergency room.

I almost forgot about the thanklessness of the job, the desolation of my situation at the school I taught at in Baton Rouge.

So thank God for bringing it all back to my remembrance. I was organizing letters from the prisoner when I stumbled across a letter where he told me that I should be fitted for a Teflon vest due to the conditions at my school. Ha! A death row inmate telling me that I was in a dangerous situation.

Yeah. I almost forgot.

 

The children of Israel "almost forgot" how far God had brought them too. They'd gone from a land of slavery into a land of milk and honey, yet they almost forgot.

Thank God that I am now in a "good land". And because He has proven himself over and over and over again, I will continue to have faith in Him and make faith a verb.