Today I spent the afternoon at the University of Pennsylvania bookstore. Just thumbing through different books on various subjects, ranging from the History of Music to Economics. It’s one of the things I like to do outside of hittin the gym, or catching a movie on a free afternoon. It’s easily one of the biggest bookstores in Philly, if not the biggest. It’s huge!! Most people that don’t know me as well as they like to think they do, would probably never imagine me spending a large portion of my afternoon at a bookstore lol. The thing that they don’t know is that I have a passion for business and education. I’m not just some rapper that doesn’t understand that this is a business. The truth is, as a recording artist in this industry you have to educate yourself, or you will always be a starving artist, (I smartened up, opened the market up-Jay Z). Anyway, while I was taking a coffee break, I began to feel the urgency to check out my surroundings. I looked to my right, then to my left, and everything seemed pretty cool to me, everybody doin there own thing. Then I started feeling something saying take another look around, a closer look. That’s when I realized it was God that was trying to talk me, and trying to show me something. Then clear as day, I heard Him say, look at the arrogance of mankind. What?? Look at how they look at each other with such disregard for one another. Look at how you prejudge each other based off of ignorance and stereotype. Look at how you looked at the middle eastern man across from you and wondered if he was a terrorist. Look at how the man in the tie reading his bible looked at you with such certainty that he knows Me better than you do. Why do I have to allow 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina to happen in order for you to recognize how fragile, and mortal you all are? And for you to realize how much you need one another, but more so how much you are all in need of forgiveness of sins, and in need of a savior. So often we look at our neighbor in search of something that will show us to be better than them, myself included. Whether it be financial, physical, social, spiritual, theological, or intellectual status. No one is greater than their neighbor. And to assume otherwise, is the very Arrogance of Mankind!!!
Japhia Life
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Wow! That's huge. many people don't ever want to hear that... let alone let it change their world view. I hear what ur sayin. I moved to Memphis from Cali for about 5 years ago when I went music school. I was the 1 white person in the church I went to and nobody knew what to say to me when I 1st started going. Then once they would get to know me they'de say OH, your not from the south... you can rap, dance and sing? ur pretty cool for a white chick. I grew up not seeing color... but fell in love with other cultures. I've had moments where I have to choose to forgive what people say to me because they don't know me. I've had roomates and friends from everywhere on the planet from Africa to australia, brazil... I had a roomate from the middle east... from Rich girls to girls from the hood ECT... The crazy thing is we see through our own worldview... We also dont realize how much the media tells us what certain racial profiles are...
make sure to insert bomb next to Arab, Thug next to Black, racist next to white, drunk and lazy next to Irish and Native American... Let's keep it real...the crazy part is we do it even more to our own heavenly father... putting His heart on trial as if He does everything with malicious intent instead of out of His total love for us... How much would our view of others change if we let God change our view of Him!!! Just my 2cents...
"Look at how the man in the tie reading his bible looked at you with such certainty that he knows Me better than you do"
man.... i feel you on that!
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