Concrete

downtowntuesdaymorning
had its own suprise for me this morning

i was talkin to god and wonderin about some pretty hard things that are going on with me
and i was like this to god, "dude. how are we getting out of this, baby? i've tried so hard, but over and over again, i just cant do this. i cant. i know i cant. i need you."

i stepped over a piece of paper.

"pick that up," i heard in my head.

"na." i told it. "thats rediculous. i dont need to pick up no useless picece of paper." I said to myself confidently.

several steps later, i still think i should pick up the paper thing. so i turn around and bend over.
It's a fortune from some fortune cookie somewhere that someone probably ate.

i stopped breathing...


if you dont get why this is amazing, im sorry.

You see, this is one of the reasons that i love Jesus so much.

stupid fortunes... speak the words of God. At least they did this morning.
and for those of you wondering, i am not advocating human ability, this is discovering the strength inside(where Jesus lives, by the way) that you deny because you are convinced that you can do nothing. Drilled into our heads, isn't it, church-goers? you can do nothing.
There is little spoken about how we can do anything because of Jesus, isnt there? One part of the bible says we are capable of doing nothing, the other says we can do anything... wheres the compromise? this seems like contradiction, right?

Nope. The crutial element of this whole fenomenon is Jesus. Is Jesus around you? is he in you?

The fortune today spoke to me about the strength that i have that i must be taught again that i have
solely because of jesus.

...and i can do anything...