Last Shot

Contradictions

As a lover of the Lord, and follower of the Christ Jesus, I have a hard time agreeing with the traditional conservative ideals on health care reform.
Granted it isn’t perfect by any means, but really revolutionizes the way we care for people in America.

Anyyway, with that aside, I’m not coming from a Democratic or Obama point of view but instead trying to come from my heart, which to my humanly ability is led by Jesus.

Here are some verses in the Bible, that strongly contradict conservative ideals and talking points that we hear in this whole argument…

-But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

[Luke 14:13-14.]

-Love your neighbor as yourself.

[Matthew 22:39]

-So in everything, do to others as you would have them do to you.

[Matthew 7:12.]

-If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

[Matthew 19:21]

-Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

[Matthew 5:9]

-Resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

[Matthew 5:39]

-I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you, and persecute you;

[Matthew 5:44]

-Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

[Matthew 19:24]

-Then He will …say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

“Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

“Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

Matthew [25:41-45]

These quotes are direct quotes from JESUS… You should read the surrounding verses, I don’t believe I pulled any out of context.

Scouting report

Jets must have gotten ahold of this lost scouting video…

Braylon’s been one of my favorites to watch since his days at Michigan, so I’m personally very excited about this move.  Just hoping it all flows smooth.

Day trippin…

God’s great… took a day off and really literally took off.

I love to travel and see exciting things… not the type to just lay low. I’m like ADHD in chubby lil asian kid form. So I made the best of a beautiful day, drove up to Philly and strolled around.

Got there around 1, met up with a friend, walked along the Scoopa (i know its wrong) River, then did the Rocky thing and just admired the architecture around the art museum. Drove through downtown Philly, got honked at a bunch, and made my way to Pat’s… what a lovely buncha people Philadelphians are… never afraid to tell you what’s on their minds. I made my way out of the city and on the way home stopped by UDel to check out their campus… it was pretty nice. Too bad I have no friends… at least that go there. Was excited to stop at the Nike factory store on the way home, but apparently they close at 6… what kinda store closes at 6? Made it home only to drive 40 minutes to play basketball… which was cool, played with a buncha older guys… so I was able to keep up.

Got home around 11, quiet time.. chattin and bout to call it a night. Strangely enough all I’ve been listening to in the car has been sermons, made running around all day so much simpler and enlightening. What a great day! Praise God!

James 2:26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Drizzy x Lebron

Not quite sure what this is all about.. but its pretty cool

Respect?

Finallly a bit of it…

• The New York Jets are going to be this year’s AFC darling

If you spent any time seriously dissecting the Jets in the preseason, you saw this coming. However, we were too distracted with talking about rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez to delve into it. Here’s the reality though: Even if Sanchez is no better than average, this team is playoff caliber right now.

Don’t believe it? Consider the unit that shut out the Houston Texans’ offense in the opener, and you’ll see coach Rex Ryan has all the tenets of a dominant 3-4 defense. And yes, we’re talking about the same class as the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. He has one of the top five cornerbacks in the NFL (watch Darrelle Revis against Andre Johnson … Revis has arrived). He has a space-devouring nose tackle that requires consistent double-teaming (Kris Jenkins). He has two physical middle linebackers who also stoke an emotional fire (Bart Scott and David Harris). He has a playmaking safety (Kerry Rhodes). And when Calvin Pace returns from suspension in Week 5, he’ll have a long, rangy, pass-rushing linebacker capable of double-digit sacks.

What’s more, the Jets’ offensive line is the best in the AFC, and the 1-2 tandem of Thomas Jones and Leon Washington is at the very least as good or better than any other rotation in the conference. Even tight end Dustin Keller has ascended into one of the better pass-catching tight ends in the AFC.  Indeed, the only thing this team lacks is experience at quarterback, and a consistent deep threat at wideout. If that doesn’t sound like a team that made it to last year’s AFC championship game (hint: Ryan was their defensive coordinator), I don’t know what does.

-Charles Robinson (Yahoo! Sports)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AiWUhl87cYoAmnW92SjfJvM5nYcB?slug=cr-inconvenienttruths091609&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Allow me to redirect myself…

My name is Joe.

and I haven’t been completely honest with myself.  I need God more than anything else.  In order to obtain this need, I need to be throwing myself in the mix of things when and where it counts the most.  Allowing and giving myself space and room to live out a life in which I preach.  This means being in my Bible, taking as much away from it as I can, being respectful of others (I have such a bad way with my words, I can probably be pretty nasty at times), constantly going to God with everything that I have and talk to him, stay in prayer.

It’s never easy to get back in touch with a best friend after a falling out, but we’re not only called to follow after God’s heart, it is just truly where I want to find myself.

the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.  – Galatians 5:22-23

My Tribute to Greatness

It’s been an Jordan filled night/morning for me.  With MJ being inducted to the hall of fame, I felt like doing my own tribute to the greatest of all time.  From 1-23 here are all my trinkets of Michael Jordan

I believe I Can Fly

I thought about it every night and day… 1996, Space Jam came out and I was in love.  I believed and probably still believe that this movie is one of the best things to ever happen, ever.  I saved just enough money to make my first ever real purchase… a walkman, the cassette, and the VHS… which I still have the collectible coin from.

Thank you MJ for the absolute amazingness of Space Jam… and these…

Bull-y

The greatest of all time.  (PERIOD)

Growing up in New York… I HATED Michael Jordan… It was fun to hate him… and watch him torch us.  Believe it or not but the Knicks were once a good team, great defensively and very balanced offensively, in my opinion the bulls-knicks rivalry was legendary (I feel like Spike Lee).  It wasn’t until the second time he retired that I truly respected and came to the realization of how great he truly truly was… I still hate him for keeping the trophy away from NY… but not as much as Isaiah.

Thank you so much for everything you’ve done MJ, you’ve deprived the knocks and I of being able to enjoy any championship, yet I bow down to you and your greatness.