Sup Juggalos,
You know that music is a media. Art is a media. Literature is a form of media. Different forms of media are used to convey messages in different ways. The Bible tells a story that is both in rhythmic poetry and in prose. It can provide knowledge, inspire, enhance faith, shock and confuse. Such the same can be said about other forms of media. I believe that one can easily said that music can do the same thing. Like other forms of media art, the Bible isn’t straight forward and sometimes like a Picasso needs interpretation. Christ’s Parables is an example of the use of a riddle to bring forth thought and meaning.
Matthew 13
The Parable of the Sower
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a]
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
REV’S TAKE
The same can be said for Our Family. How many times must speak about values, charity, goodwill, and the meaning of Family? Yet so many have come into our Family screaming Juggalo only to be plucked away by the bird of drama, violence, and greed (or the need for attention). They have eyes but they do not see the glory of Shangri La. They have ears and yet they do not heed the Call of the Carnival. Some run full on into this Family not fully understanding that we are not without our shortfalls and yet they become disappointed and lose Faith. But there are those who do feel that this Family extends far beyond where the next party or concert lies. There are those who with strong conviction and feeling uphold the traditions of caring for our brothers and sisters both in the physical and in spirit.
MCL
Rev. Last Rite
Presiding Minister, Founder
Fellowship Of Juggalos
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