my remedy chose me

what - is - going - to - be - your - remedy?
i live in this world. i know all about misdirections, misconceptions, misunderstandings, miscommunications, misapprehensions, misconstructions, misinterpretations, mistakes, misbeliefs, miscalculations, misjudgements, mismanagements, misses, and myths.

-- i ran across this poem in high school. and for some reason, it has stuck with me.

Remedy
The world, the world would rather have me a bit tipsy than completely sober
Shoulder my concern with pain and arrange my face to disguise my disgust
The world, the world would rather i have little flaws than too fine a specimen
No children with gratitude rather attitudes of dont be too nice guys you'll finish last
The world, the world rather my mind be slightly deformed than in the right one performed mircales in His name but the shame of imperfection
Became misdirection and supported their lack of faith
But not you,
No No
Not you
You know what its like to hit the pipe and be delivered
You know what its like to be a hellion and be forgiven
You know what its like
So tell them
Where you got the prescription
Whos your connection?
The Remedy.
-Herb Bailey

--- just under 3 years ago i began a new chapter of my life. i started college. as i loaded up all of the possessions an 18 year old holds so dear and headed off to begin my new life, i'll never forget hugging my dad and him looking into my eyes as he said, "Son, you've led your life in a way that has truly made me proud, now its time for you to lead your life in a way that will make you proud."

wow.

i'm a work-in-progress. but i have chosen my remedy. or rather, He has chosen me.

--- its been almost a year now. but i had a great opportunity to share jesus with the coolest japanese exchange student to ever grace UGA's campus. the night before he was baptized, i walked out by the lake with my buddy who was gleaming with excitement, and i simply told him. "Yasu, the main difference between Christianity and other religions is that those religions were created by people in attempt to try and reach up to God, while Christianity is all about a loving God reaching down to us." Yasu, with a huge smile, looked at me and said, "I was chosen."

absolutely.

and that's what today is all about. it is Good Friday. an ironic name, but a day of remembrance. the day that christ took up our cross and died in our place.

i pray that what makes my father proud aligns with what will one day make me proud, but most of all, i pray that i make jesus proud. he is my remedy. i was chosen.

-pc