I have been given an incredible gift in
my life, one which has a degree of uniqueness that I find incredible.
This gift has no large following (that I know of) that many of its
contemporaries enjoy, but I feel that this can be used to just as
great an effect as said contemporaries. If you are one of the few
people I am blessed to know, you can name this gift easily.
The art of Spoken Word, I believe, is
something that God hand-picked for me. He put Ms. Ruth is my life at
the ripe young age of eleven, to reveal my skill to me and the world.
Even though I reeled at this new-found art in my life, he did not
stop there, going on to throw inspiration in my life from everywhere;
a pattern of the wall or something the teacher said in a lecture. It
was only later, when I bought my poem book, that I realized the
degree of skill I was given in this field.
Years later, I learned the value of
being humble with this gift, though no fault of mine caused the
epiphany. I found that, if I put myself as the creator of this
poetry, I would be usurping the throne of God in my arrogance. It
would be as if I, a man with a decent singing voice, were to sing a
song by Chris Tomlin as if I sang as well as he can, when he was in
the car with me barreling down the highway. God made birds, and their
voices are much greater than mine. I assure you, I do my best to
refrain from calling this poetry “mine”.
After an entire book is filled (I have
ten pages left of my original journal), I finally feel I have a wide
enough variety of topics to be of use to a wide variety of audiences.
This is inspired by a verse I was reading yesterday, prompted by a
prior mentor and persisting friend of mine, Bobby Musil. In asking
him where God wanted me to go in my life, he responded with three
passages from the Bible, one of which was the Sermon on the Mount,
Matthew 5-7. Chapter 7 verse 7 reads:
"Ask
and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the
door will be opened to you.”
(by
the way, Bobby, I have read through these passages multiple times,
but I need to read through them more)
I
will begin knocking here. Even if you are not a leader in your
ministry, church, or organization, please pass this along to them. I
will speak before a variety of audiences, from school gatherings (my
alma mater happens to be a Christian private school), to church
services, to business meetings. I only have two requirements:
-The
purpose of the function be glorifying Jesus Christ, whether directly
or simply a Christian function.
-I
am not glorified over Christ.
The
service will be free (as a college student, I am obligated to accept
donations). If you are interested, my email is
Email
me, or pass my email along to someone who will. And thank you, for
giving me the opportunity to share this inspiration. Here is one of
my pieces (Note: I need to record this again; this audio did not
please me)
subjects
of poetry:
Forgiveness
the
spirit of giving/serving
The
Prodigal Father
the
High Road
Others
soon to come
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