job

The Biblical Remix – Can You

March 8, 2012

 

The Biblical Remix – Can You

Job 2:7-10 – http://bit.ly/biblicalremixcanyou

Job had it real bad. Satan had struck him with sores all over his body.  His breath was mad stank.  He was in constant pain.  And his wife looked at him like he was naaasty.

One day while he was sitting by a heap of trash his wife stepped to him and told him to curse God and just die.  Daaaag!

Job looked at her and told her dead in her face she was a fool.

While his wife walked away with an attitude, this New Edition song played in the background:

“Storms will come, This we know for sure, (This we know for sure), Tell me baby can you stand the rain…”

Reflection:

Sometimes in relationships we align ourselves with people who buckle under the pressure and stop supporting us. That feeling sucks. Especially when you were diligent in supporting the other person all the way.

I was in that kind of situation some years ago.  It was no bueno.  I lost perspective and spent most of my energies trying to please her not knowing on her part it was conditional.

At the end of the day, I am a “ride or die” kind of guy.  Therefore loyalty is a core value for me in a relationship.  If we are in this together, then there is full commitment in spite of all the bullcrap.

Job needed that kind of support.  Many of us need that kind of support.

Job was a real G because he did not take his wife’s advice.  Actually he blew up her spot by calling her on her foolishness.

If the person you are with right now doesn’t fully support you by their ACTIONS (Note:  I did not use their “words”), you might want to reexamine your relationship.  However before you do that you better make sure your actions exemplify loyalty first.  You cannot be a princess/prince and expect others just to serve you and you not do the same. (Note: I am biased against self-centered/selfish people. I am still learning to show mercy regarding their foolishness. If you just took offense to what I wrote, you might be that princess/prince…I’m just saying).

The Biblical Remix – My Life

October 31, 2011 — 1 Comment

The Biblical Remix – My Life

Job 30:1-31 – http://bit.ly/biblicalremixmylife

Job was the epitome of swag.  He had property, money, and plenty of children.  Then in one day, it was all taken from him violently.

After that, dude then had painful sores show up all over his body.

His boys came through and saw how jacked up Job was.  They were speechless.  All they could do is sit with him for seven whole days and not say a word.

Job had it so bad, his skin would scab, turn black and fall on the floor.  His breath became atrocious, his wife was disgusted with him, he had fever, excessive thinness and was in pain day and night.

Even bums Job knew from back in the day, that nobody would listen to, they were now making fun of him and spitting in his face.

In the midst of his pain, this Mary J. Blige song played in his mind:

“If you looked in my life, and see what I’ve seen, You will see I’m so blue, Down and out crying everyday, Don’t know what to do or to say, If you looked in my life, and see what I’ve seen…”

Reflection:

Job’s life was jacked up.  And the same is true for some of us.  If we were honest, our emotional and/or spiritual lives are all over the place. We don’t have it all together.

Yet we persevere and stand.  There are some days we are limping, some days we are crawling.  Wherever you are, I encourage you to keep on the journey.  Don’t give up and throw the towel in.  Too many people have killed themselves or damaged their lives because they just “couldn’t take it anymore”.

Your life is precious.  Your journey is precious.  Keep the faith.  Don’t give up.  Stay fightin’.

PS – Job’s end was greater than his beginning. If you want to know how, peep Job 42.

The Biblical Remix – Job & His Friends

August 20, 2010

The Biblical Remix – Job & His Friends

Having lost so much, Job was in much pain & very despondent. Unfortunately his “friends” did not give him any comfort.  In the midst of their “advice”, I am sure these words from DMX were in Job’s mind:

“Y’all gon’ make me lose my mind, Up in Here, Up in Here, Y’all gon’ make me go all out, Up in Here, Up in Here, Y’all gon’ make me act a Fool…”

Job 17:1-2 – http://bit.ly/cgIUO2