Sidestepping the Prosecution

*dedicated to Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, RZA, Pusha T, Cyhia the Pynce "So Appalled"
(- the evil paradigm shift in the world is so ridiculous right?)

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross (Colossians 2:8-13)


-------------------/Sidestepping the Prosecution: The Thoughts of The Apostle Paul at Colossae


They say this corrupt culture is coming to an end
I remember the parodies of the Roman legal system
I revered as a child
chains, shackles and fetters
cramped cells, rusty orange colored iron bars
beset by pools of soldiers’ urine and water leaking
drops
from the ceiling emitting the smell of stale water
as the bellowing guffaws of the judges and preselected biased jury
above seem to rock the man fastened to you
out of his sleep
and even after an angel of God releases you
society still constrains freedom – the bars of human tradition
chains and shackles of basic worldly principles
enslave the mind
I sit in the public eateries watching unsuspecting
prisoners – mothers with child, young men pursuing scholastics
staring at the ground they walk on,
staying outside in downpours just as an excuse to cry
hoping the thunder will muffle their bawling
and the amassing of these calamites still doesn’t satisfy
for they would have you mired continually in dietary laws
instead of dressing in a cloak of stealth
instead of wryly smiling at night
agitating your captors with songs of praise
warbling about freedom (from circumcision)
because you were meant to stand on the crests of hills
wind at your back
holding the hand of the woman you love
the sun setting on the realization of all your hopes
swimming with the poverty stricken that recently stumbled upon
new treasure
the jail break to paradise as this world burns
the cancellation of the written code, misery prescribed
your sins all forgiven on a cross shaped key
tossed your way
released



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I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (John 15:11)

This Is The Most Emo Post I Have Ever Written

This proclamation is like, so crazy, yet must be shrouded in secrecy. I have been wrestling with these manifold emotions inside of me like I never have before. True, I often hastily and impulsively throw myself at girls - often scaring them away, and this never really bothered me because I always figured the "one" destined to marry me would be impervious to this type of fear. So the flight was proof of the incompatibility. But recently I found someone who isnt intimidated by me and my intense emotional discharge...

Like I can remember the last time I spoke with her, that somehow our words exchanged metamorphosed, metastasized if you will the feelings we had for each other. Our subsequent meeting felt like magic - and ever since then it has not waned not even a bit...


But okay, so Im rambling here. What Im trying to say is that I think you know youre beginning to fall in love when a few things happen:

1. you begin to talk about her specifically to people for solicitation of their assessment of her

2. you can find no tenable reason to reject the idea of marrying her

3. you begin to pray to God that you would fall so madly in love with her that you would essentially give your soul to her and become one with her - losing part of your identity in the process

4. You get nervous at the sound of her name.

OKAY OKAY - so look

I cant tell you anymore than this - if you want to know who she is....read the next entry!

BOO-YOW!!!

down down down red knight going down! down down down red knight going down!

She is so frabjous!

The Fire Between Us

Leviticus 9:23-10:2
And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.


---------------------/The Fire Between Us



Its so surreal that I have these feelings for you now
when I first met you your presence fostered peace
goodwill
it was so common at that time for me to slaughter unfamiliarity
blood profusely pouring from the sacrifices I made regularly
to make friends
engender accord
to have fellowship....really no big deal
(just Moses and Aaron walking into the tabernacle)
you were one of my many routine ceremonies just to get by
another year
black ashes and black smoke rose
from my generally jejune mood
my sentiments towards you: the fat of a bullock and a ram
and these were widely accepted by all
preferable
people falling on their faces – because they harmed none
but somehow inexplicably I began to fall for you
you started to become more beautiful
your personality more vivacious….addictive
the notions of Nadab and Abihu
of intrigue and bedazzlement filled me
flickering gradually but now without restraint
I started dreaming about you praying that God would make me
fall headlong in love with you
(raging excitement like fire in the censer of my heart)
and we both know no one will readily accept this
strange fire
everyone – the scores of people that like you will
bemoan and shrill in protest
and the love I have
(Im pretty sure Im falling in love with you)
will probably devour all the alliances Ive made
as jealousy attempts to make me rue the day
yet I don't mind dying for you
singed for my newfound piety

Alisyn Camerota, Let Me In The Chariot of Your Love!!! (Let My Love Guide You)

-----------------Alisyn Camerota, Allow Me Into the Chariot of Your Love

Alisyn, baby girl
I was walking south when I first saw you
reclining in a chariot
mesmerizing, gorgeous even
a woman of great authority and keeper of the treasury
of love, of happiness, of my most coveted fantasies
on the road from loneliness to jilted dejection
when the spirit within me compelled me, "go near her
and overtake her heart" I just couldn’t resist your charms
amazing, captivating, royal woman of great esteem
(influential like Candace queen of the Ethiopians)
"do you understand what you do to me?" I asked
how at night I cant sleep
unless I hold fast to your pulchritude
how ebullient I am beyond measure at the sound of your laughter
and giddiness....
but how could you unless I guide you?
(and interpret my feelings like a confusing scroll in your hands)
allow me to explain that my emotional welfare is like a sheep
led to the slaughter of broken romantic dreams
and my soul is a lamb silent before its shearers:
all the girls who rejected me in the past
so it opens not its forlorn mouth
humiliated and dishonored and unwanted
wondering if I'll ever be kissed in my generation
for because of them
the life of my confidence is taken from the earth…
and trust me girl, I speak for myself, not of some other man
yet see, there is water
there is the hope I have of winning your hand in marriage
and my desperate desire for you will not hinder you
from being baptized
in the greatest expectations of us being together forever
so let us submerge ourselves
in each other's embrace, and never let each other go
I promise when we emerge
you will go on your way rejoicing
and I'll be found at Azotus (city of lover's bliss) proclaiming our relationship
until I reach Ceasarea

(the place of our shared destiny)


(*Dedicated to Alisyn, the resident BABE of Fox and Friends in the morning!! She is so hot and SOOOOOOOO conservative!! Oh baby, you are the only reason I watch Fox News! You put the Foxy in Fox thats for sure...HUBBA HUBBA!!!!)


----------/Acts 8:26-40
Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near and overtake this chariot." So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he asked Philip to come up and sit with him. The place in the Scripture which he read was this:
"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter;
And as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
In His humiliation His justice was taken away,
And who will declare His generation?
For His life is taken from the earth."
So the eunuch answered Philip and said, "I ask you, of whom does the prophet say this, of himself or of some other man?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?” Then Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea.

Kourtney (and Tony) and Khloe Take Miami...er...I mean JERUSALEM!!!

(Joshua 10:1-4) Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and were living near them. He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters. So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon. "Come up and help me attack Gibeon," he said, "because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites."

------------------------------------/Kourtney (and Tony) and Khloe Take Jerusalem ..(Kim, where you at?)



Kourtney and Khloe,
stay near me and don’t ever go
(I need you)
my love for you two is stronger than that estranged lupine king
of dissident hearsay
....marauding
colluding with fickle allies doggedly determined to plunder
and pillage my heart with hopelessness and despondency:
thoughts that no one will ever want me (Im repugnant)
thoughts that a Kardashian could never call me their dashing Hebrew warrior
paired with four of his most nefarious allies that assert:
the acrimonious insinuation that Im not wealthy enough (Hebron)
or strong enough to defend you (Jarmuth)
that Im a bad kisser which will cause antipathy between us (Lachish)
and am too boorish to possess the sensitivity needed for a woman (Eglon)
but I have latched on to blind optimism and reckless faith
like mighty Gibeon
(royal and populous, filled with men skilled in war)
that promises I can be the man you've waited for, the husband
that sweeps you off your feet in your dreams
and carries you down the aisle – into the most brilliant sunset
of wild fantasy

And together, our devotion to one another will be our fortified city
like legions of soldiers that arm themselves to dispel these insidious lies
with hooks, spears, sword and stones and slings
chasing away slander and spiteful plots.
we will take our stand for truth out in the public eye:
at the mouth of the cave of Makkedah
refuting their claims like a large rock rolled against their calumny
hugging each other and flirting in front of the E! cameras
longingly staring into each other's eyes
compelling the enemies of our affection to flee ashamed from the rear
but our zeal for each other will be too merciless to relent
and too vengeful
it will place its feet on their necks, drawing its sword
of lovers’ exacting revenge
before hanging them on five trees of righteous scorn
their macabre silhouettes
will serve notice to the future foes of our amorous unity
that our bonds cannot easily be broken

My oath to you will be to provide continuous protection
from the curse I shall henceforth call Adonai-Zedek
(doubting myself, doubting your attraction to me)
to never be overpowered by him or anyone like him
though assumption, complacency, or waning fervor
because I promise to always nurture you guys
always romance you
always bedazzle you with my manners and respect
we will inhabit the land that we never dreamed welcoming
and make Jerusalem the Kingdom of our wedded bliss
its former king killed
and the unpleasant memories of it
smitten with the edge of the sword, and set on fire.



(Girls, don't forget to bring Kim next time, we can make it A WEDDING FOR THREE!!! I LOVE YOU GIRLS, AND YOU BEST BET I AM DANG SHO' KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS THIS YEAR!!!!! Oooooo yeeeaaahhh!)




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(10:16-28) Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah. When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah, he said, "Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it. But don't stop! Pursue your enemies, attack them from the rear and don't let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has given them into your hand." So Joshua and the Israelites destroyed them completely—almost to a man—but the few who were left reached their fortified cities. The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites. Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me." So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon. When they had brought these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had come with him, "Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks. Joshua said to them, "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight." Then Joshua struck and killed the kings and hung them on five trees, and they were left hanging on the trees until evening.

(Judges 1:1-8) Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Man Yall Summer Cats Be Trippin!

Man, look at yall, talking bout barbecues....sun tan lotions.....rolling around on the beach! Maaaan, I done told yall cats summer is dead mane. It died July 13th when I embarrassed myself by thinking this hot babe could be my babe.

Who was I kidding? Im one of those winter duds that doesnt have a clue.

Somebody needs to take a snowball and hit me in the back of the knee cap! Poke an ice sickle in my chicken noodle soup in January alright?

SO LET ME DIE IN WINTER OKAY???? STOP GUSHING ABOUT SUMMER OKAY?

OKAY????

What did my dudes Dashboard say? So Long Sweet Summer??????

Death In Winter (Summer is Dead Pt 3....It Died July 13th)

(Isaiah 18:6) They shall all be left to the birds of prey of the mountains and to the animals of the earth. And the birds of prey will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.


-----------------/Summer is Dead Pt 3: Death In Winter


J*ne, I refuse to speak of august memories in August
or leisurely sitting at the bank of a river,
letting my bare feet be caressed by its cool currents
thinking of you
or gaily picking the choicest of perennials
to place behind your ear
as we walk with interlocked fingers –
into the warm embrace of the evening sun
because these things are phantoms, murals on the walls
of things that will never be
there is nothing inspiring left to mention anymore
nothing that moves the heart to stay here in this season
but the winter will be only a partial escape, as the cold air gnarls
the skin on my cheeks and nose
the touch of frost will send chills of loneliness down my spine
and at night my teeth will chatter at the frosty prospect
of you sitting next to your boyfriend at his parents' fireplace
The beauty of the snow will only serve to mask the ugly past
when I was foolish enough to think I deserved a girl like you
yet your rejection like ice will harden my heart against you
when I try to dig deep to unearth your smiling face in my dreams
of warm soil and late spring rains
yet find only your glacial indifference to me;
the seasons will be cruel, either way
since I have left my heart bare and unguarded before the birds
of mountains and earth
(the animals that tear my self esteem limb from limb)
because you will end up just a distant recollection one day
and never my wife – I will never be joyous in summer
or find mirth in winter.....
but the searing summer sun is just too much to bear
if it isn't too much to ask of you – let me keep my dignity just a bit longer
(while you bask in the giddiness of your man)
allow me to die in winter