Darien K. Bolden Jr. as the product of two pastor’s, I offer this an explanation for being a Pastor’s kid verses a preacher’s kidi.
Inspiration with a twist!!!!!
Unapologetically Raw!!!!!!!!!!
When we are born into this world, we model ourselves mostly on our parents or siblings, because these are some of the first people we are exposed to. We imitate the behaviors that we are exposed to. If our enviorment is filled with imitators of Christ, So too, might we later model ourselves after Christ, Jesus or Christ’s image, who in turn was modeled on His Heavenly Father, Jehovah, who is infinite in His compassion. This is ultimately what our God wants; for it completes a virtuous circle of being.
Just as Jehovah sacrificed His only SON for us, we are to sacrifice our lives to God.
When we fail to meaure up to the standard that was set by Jesus, the Christ, we often give up and yield ourselves completely to the Devil.
Only a person, a family, a community, a city, a state, and finally a nation with utmost determination can conquer life over sin.
We cannot do it on our own. We are a constant work in progress.
We must have power from on high to be able to defeat the enemy.
Do not be discouraged when you fall short of the expectations that Jesus demands of us.
He is aware of the frailties of man.
There is nothing that we go through that was not presented to Jesus, the SON of God.
He was often tempted by the Devil (Satan) just like us. There are times Jesus permitted His emotions to rule His actions; but, what if He had just given up when He prepared feasts and no men came, instead He gathered the people shoned by the “Christians” what if He had decided when He was tested by Satan, had given Satan what He wanted, instead, Jesus reminded Satan that whatever He was offering already belonged to His father, Jehovah. What if He had said to His Father when He had whipped the people our of the temple because they were too wicked, instead, He stayed true to His purpose? Finally, what if He had cone down from the hills from praying to find all of His followers sleeping and He said to His Father, I do not want to go to the cross for these unthankful, unholy and ungrateful people? Instead, He took the high road and said to His Father, “if you are going to do this make it quick.”
We have the perfect example of falling down and getting back up.
When life is bitter, when life is lonely, when life breaks your courage, if you fall back on the Holy Ghost, that Spirit of the loving God, that Spirit that is called The “Root of Jesup” that Spirit that Rose on the third day, that Spirit that hung His head and died and His final words before decending into the Abyss, “It is finished” that Spirit which told those sisters when He ressurected, please do not touch me, because I have not yet ascended to my Father. That powerful Holy Spirit is still with us, we just need to reach for Him, call upon His sanctified name. We have to learn to stay the course, As long as we have blood running warm in our veins, carrying oxygen to our brains, we have a chance to be better than we were the day before. We have the opportunity to make it right with Jehovah God, never give up, keep pressing, keep forgiving, keep loving even when it seems to hard, submit to God’s perfect Will for us.
It is not His Will that we should perish, lighten up, model the life of Jesus, the Christ, be the example that we want for our children, we cannot get “blood from a turnip” we must surround ourselves and our families with people and model the life of Jesus, the Christ, this is what we want for our children. Stop permitting them to model actors, singers, rappers, etc. They are imperfect beings. There is no such lesson as “do not do as I do, do as I say do.” Be the model of what you expect of your children, letting Jesus be your foundation. Just ask yourself family, Am I expecting more from my children than I demand of myself? If your answer is no, then seek Christ for yourself. It is not too late, as long as you have life, you have hope to make that change for the better.
Unapologetically.