Wow. That's all that I have to say right now. Back in junior high, I bought an album called "The Rest Is History" by Jin, the first mainstream Chinese rap artist. Jin's claim to fame started out during freestyle battles in which he would go head to head rapping against other local rappers. During a 6 week "king of the hill" competition, Jin calmly flamed each and every opponent. He was the best. With a mic in his hand, he displayed the swagger of Michael Jordan. He was the best and he knew it. Jin later won the competition and signed a record deal with Ruff Ryders. Like most mainstream rappers, Jin sang about sex and drugs. He was a "complete thug" or so my dad said. If you told me that one day, I would call this man my brother in Christ, I would have told you to get the out and quit joking. Well well...The God Almighty works in mysterious and wonderful ways!
In my last blog entry, I mentioned how God transformed and used Paul. Powerful story and yet so distant at the same time. Sometimes Bible stories are a bit hard to related to because they happened so long ago. You read how Paul persecuted Christians and yet you sometimes don't get the full picture of how bad it really was. I don't want to say Jin is as bad as Paul was but clearly he was not walking with the Lord..and now He is. The old has gone and the new has come!
So then, on a more personal level, I feel that God is telling me to have hope. God turned this "thug" rap artist into a forgiven child of God. Have faith in God and his transforming power. Continually pray for those that once walked with the Lord and have ceased to do so. Have faith in God's response. It's something that I need to work on.
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