I know that if I sit down in front of my MPC 2000XL, I can bang out a beat. I know that if the beat is correct, I can write a rhyme to it. I know that if I perform this rhyme on stage, I can move the crowd. I know these things because it is what I have done for over a decade now. From the west coast to the east coast, from the midwest to down south. I have performed my poetry in front of audiences. It has given me the opportunity to share the gospel with others, and I thank God for those opportunities, but sometimes the music "industry" makes me want to leave it all behind. God keeps nudging me though. Sometimes it is so clear that I feel like I've heard Him audibly! "Use what I have given you."My mother-in-law likes to sew, So she started a quilting ministry. She makes quilts and the members of her church pray over them before they are given to the sick, the hurting, or the mourning. Now that's using your gifts for The Kingdom!
David took out Goliath with the only weapon he knew how to use. Jesus fed the multitudes with a few loaves and fishes. He can use whatever you give Him to bless others!
I know how to write. I know hip-hop. What you know?!
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I know I am a child of God. I know that, but for His grace, I would be hopelessly lost and my life adrift in a sea of meaninglessness.
I know because of His example I can be a good husband, father, brother, son, friend and scribe.
I know I derive my capacity for thought, love and devotion from the faith in and hope of glory... not mine, but His.
I know that all the music trivia I know, along with $1.85, will buy me a tall americano.
And like my own father used to say, "I know the more I know, the more I know how little I know."
Thanks for the vine...
man thats sum real real junk...
Sometimes? It makes me want to give up a few times a week. If it weren't for that same nudging...
I would have little trouble giving it up. That being loads of money (enough to buy a super fresh house) and 40-60 hours a week.
Good word Justin!
I pretty much have given up... Not sure I have the passion to do it anymore. I love hip-hop, and I love using it as a tool for ministry. I just hate this industry with everything in me.
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