love is an offering

Break the Cycle Life is like a process we all gotta grow, this is my test gotta keep my cool like a ice chest but the Black man's living in a crisis I was born into this cycle born to play this game like I'm Micheal never meant to win but we tried to life is kind of short like a haiku man I wanna be a novel, God speaks in first person to involve you pay attention when He calls you when He speaks gotta increase the volume drown out the voices He speaks clear over stadium noises we need to check our sources and stop make ignorant choices The birth of true manhood placed on the shelf like a canned good cause no one could describe or could handle so the truth was blown out like a candle Daddy bring the matches and teachem' bout the One who is matchless if we can get water from a cactus we can teachem that it's gonna take practice enjoy this new life style find peace when the world is going wild even though we suffer for a while in ...

     When I choose to tolerate you, I have already drawn an imaginary line between us that constantly moves depending on how much I can "put up with" that day.  When I choose  to love you, that line becomes a ruler that's measured against the height, width and depth of the love that God has for me.  The more I appreciate what it took for God's grace to love me, the more I am compelled to share this love with people of whom I have nothing in common.  You don't have to earn my approval to receive my love.  Let's disagree and debate under the umbrella of love and respect.  The kind of love that breaks the chains of slavery, fear and hatred; the kind of love that sent a servant KING to the cross.  I fail at this love everyday, but I will not take the easy road of tolerance.  The only things I wish to tolerate are my milk products.        I understand that this love is supernatural and holy spiritual...