The return of the K....

iHearHim: You never let _____ and _____ and ______ and whatever happened stop you before, Prince K "of yester-years (<- -="" a="" bad="" from="" it="" movie="" s="" subtitle="" this="" translation="" very=""> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094357/?ref_=nv_sr_4) could face anything, now you literally can't even walk out the front door (on Sundays)"

[post in progress]

Recently God has been using various circumstances intertwined with my revival devotional life to indicate to me, it is time to return and be faithful to the original callings God has called me to in the past, such as my calling to Ministry. I'm reading Paul's letter to Timothy and while he does point out that it is important to manage one's biological household, reading the letter in the proper context, he does also stress the importance of treating the other members of the body of Christ as one's family.

Well Jesus, looks like you don't play around huh...:

I liked what Chief of York Regional Police said about leadership, "People follow people, not position."
[FM]

What God has been planting on my heart, is that essentially, other than my teaching Pastor, I am one of the few members of my current local church with (some) seminary education who has been there the longest and still can be present on a weekly basis.

Incidentally, when I tried to look up Russell Peters arranged marriage joke for a friend, this also came up on my YouTube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUObGCCXAfs   maybe cause I looked up the one with lyrics the other day, but I guess it's i-TD's son: "In Living Colour" now eh?

iTheInternship [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234155/?ref_=nv_sr_1]: "Good God...just let it play...let it play..."

Reflecting upon the above, as to why maybe God is trying to use a quote and scene from that movie to inspire me, it seems that I too have had struggles in my time at my current local church, albeit the majority of the struggling happens outside of my current local church, be it among my biological family or things that upset me the most from my past and also financial struggles that happened mostly either prior to or originated before my time at my current local church

I think mainly due to the similar struggles I have with the two main characters in the movie, just like one of the lines toward the end, something

I've also been "sensitive to the fact" [KD] that I was first replanted to my current local church prior to my temporary relocation to seminary. Interestingly enough, this reflects also how earlier on in my life in my grade school years I've also was temporarily relocated to the North Toronto area for one year cause my biological family wanted to be closer to relatives, suffice to say it didn't work out and we have been living in financially subsidized housing in Mississauga since then onward. The element in common also is in both cases, now and before, our primary source of income currently also comes from social services.

But this also helps me to re frame some of my pessimism about not having a "job" recently into a more holistic one. Similar to how James Reimer's testimony is placed right besides Matthew 28 in the edition of the Hockey Player's New Testament I have, I was reminded that I always have 'work' to do, even if it isn't something that earns me a traditional paycheck. 

"Jesus challenged the strong kinship-based identity of first-century Israel by offering a radical reorientation of family value:

 He answered them and said, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother. (Mark 3:33-35 NET)

  [The End of Religion, Bruxy Cavey, pg. 58-59]

Just like Batman having to take a long break from his service to others, I have returned with the full spiritual strengthening of before and I now am not only blessed personally by my faith, but can in turn bless others...

I conclude by re quoting one of my favorite movies:

"Whether this Faith is magic or not, it brought us together... and together, we have a chance to take back what is ours!" [wink] 

I've also been meaning to look up the website below as well, but given all the interesting personal contexts relating to (8) the first time that I saw this film.... (8) and the first name of the male lead character, it looks like it 'seals the deal'...

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/?ref_=nv_sr_1