Okay, to be honest with you I should have written this blog hours ago. But, the same thing happened this time as it does all the time. I set out to do something on the computer and I get caught up on FACEBOOK running my mouth or YOUTUBE looking at a Michael Jackson video or something and the next thing you know it is almost two in the morning and I am sleepy and have to get up early tomorrow and remain sane in an insane world. And that is hard to do when you are sleepy and tired. No wonder I am crazy. So, normally after I have procrastinated and not written in my blog...I go to bed.
I almost did that today. But then I read a Bible quote on my MYSPACE page and it led me back to my blog so I can share GOD's goodness and grace. Do you ever wonder why GOD is so good? I mean, it is not like we deserve it or nothing. But, he is so doggone GOOD. Anyhoo...lemme get on with it, before I ramble on for three more hours and am really sleepy tomorrow...or today...depending on how you look at things.
I made a conscience descision Tuesday. It was a big one. One that had been on my mind for awhile. Something that I felt like GOD was telling me for a loooong time. Maybe HE was just sending me seeds of thought, so that when HE dropped the real bomb on me, the whole thing would be easier. I have decided that as of August 11th, I will no longer be the host of one of the largest open mic poetry venues on the planet. Da' Poetry Lounge. I have been there since nearly the beginning. Ever since we took the helm from Dante's Poetry Lounge. Altogether, I have been a devoted Poetry Lounge host and memeber 11 years. Wow. Is that not crazy? Almost every single Tuesday, I was in the house, unless I was out of town on tour or something. But, if I was in Los Angeles, rain, sleet, snow or Hell couldn't pull me away from my beloved Poetry Lounge. I have cancelled or rescheduled many things to make sure that I was available for Da' Poetry Lounge.
But this past Tuesday in one of my down moments. Those kind of moments that I have been having more and more lately. The moments when I can't talk to anyone. The moments when my heart feels like it is about to fall out of my stomach. Sometimes during these moments, GOD talks to me. Or should I say...I listen. Cause GOD is always talking to me...I just don't listen allllll the time. Why does HE love me, again? And, LAWD, when HE speaks and I listen, the saddest moments turn into the glorious ones. I read a chapter in Joel Osteen's book "Becoming a Better You". Among other great and wonderful things, it stated that a plant cannot out grow it's pot holder. Once you take that plant out of that pot holder, it can grow into a incredible tree or something. But as long as it is in that pot holder....it's potential is limitted. And I know that this is not gonna hit everyone like it hit me...but it hit me like a ton of bricks. It was time to move on. I had a great run at Da' Lounge...but it is time for them to move in the direction that they are headed without me. I will miss them dearly. And no doubt, I will be stopping by like an old grandfather to check up on how his grandkids are doing. My time there is done. It has run it's course.
GOD has planted something in all of us. And no matter what anyone says...it is always there. Just because someone says that you can't do something, doesn't mean that GOD didn't put soemthing inside of you. Just because you fail at a million things..it is still there. It never leaves. You just have to learn how to unleash this gift. Unleash this power. I mean, a gift from GOD is the best gift one can receive and so many of us keep it locked up inside of our dreams and never out grow our pots. We believe what other folks say. We believe what the devil says. But GOD asks us...Who told you that something was wrong with you? Who told you that you couldn't succeed? Who told you that you weren't good enough? We have to think about who is telling these things. The enemy. Not GOD. GOD placed it inside of you...how is HE gonna tell you that you are not worth it, when HE was the one that gave it to you? When GOD give you a gift...it is yours. Yet, someone told you that you weren't good enough and you believed them instead of believing GOD!
Ahhhh, sooky sooky now. Don't lemme get up here and start preaching. It is late. But, someone else needs to hear this. Don't just dream...believe the dream. Wake up and live the dream. Don't let no one hold you back from your potential. The potential that GOD put in you. Ahem...okay, okay. Anyhoo, I have decided to leave this wonderful place, Da' Poetry Lounge and free up time for my family, and other endeavors. That's basically what it is in a nutshell. There is more to it...but that is the basics. GOD is good and I am expecting great things. Cause I am a great guy. Not to brag, but doggone it...I am. And you are too. GOD hooked us all up with the goods. You just need to find out what that "good" is. And then find out how to unleash it to the world. Halleluyah. Thank you, Jesus.
"But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."
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