06.08
Maybe the picture above was meant as a joke or a spoof or a diss, and I don’t normally like portraits of Jesus, but I think that there is something here: it reminds me that everybody needs Jesus. Everyone needs to know that there is a Father who loves them. Everyone needs to know that God forgives them. Everyone needs to know that there is a better way to live life than the way that they are living it out now. Biggie said, “mo’ money, mo’ problems”. Sure, I can see that. But the opposite isn’t true, is it? No money, no problems? That don’t work either. From those that simply like hip-hop to those that “live hip-hop”, we all need to realize that things like skrilla, shoes (for your feet and your whips), sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. isn’t going to give things like love, joy, inner peace, freedom, salvation, transformation, and a relationship with God like Jesus does. Many more of us in the hip-hop culture and community needs Jesus. (It doesn’t mean that he need to stop “being hip-hop”. We just need to be a better version of it.) Some of us need him a little and some of us need him a lot. Some of us know it and some of us don’t (but it’s still true). That’s why, out of his love, God is gonna do what he do. For us, and for you. That’s why ILL BREAKS CREW hopes to be people who walk a life of faith together. That’s why we also hope that you will join us in this journey, in person if you can and through the web if you can’t.
