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Friday, March 11, 2005

THE APOLOGY OF A MAN

I see you sitting there so together but inside the tears keep falling

I see the anger the disappointment the pain inside

I hear a voice that's calling at nights end you pretend it doesn't matter there is no one waiting at home

well I knew it matters for I to am alone

now for every man that ever hurt you for every tear that fell from your eyes

here and now I like to apologies

I am sorry for all the many nights you spend staring at the phone

I am sorry for the birthdays ,the holidays ,just the days you spend alone

I am sorry for the other woman who made you feel less then the queen you are

I am sorry that he reached for the moon when in his hand he held star

I am sorry for the broken promises the broken ribs

I am sorry for words so cruel words that tore the very life from you

I am sorry for the only time you heard "I love you "is

when he found himself in need of you

I am sorry he never listened to what you had to say

I am sorry when you needed him most he just turned and walked away

I am sorry for the first time you said " I never love again"

I am sorry for the first time you said

"God forgive me but I hate all men"

I am sorry for the first that says

" I only beat you because I care"

I am sorry for all the times you needed to be held

I am sorry for the scars no medicine can heal

I am sorry he wasn't to his children the father he should have been

I am sorry he missed the opportunity to be a parent as well as a friend

I am sorry for the times he swore truth but you knew everything he said was a lie

Let this be a moment of healing, here and now to you I apologies

I am sorry he rejected your child never picked him up when he fell

I can only say if I am willing to love the woman then I am

willing to love her child as well

I am sorry for the girlfriends, the wife he forgot to mention

he knew from the start he break your heart though he said

that was never his intention

I am sorry he used your body seeing you as nothing more then notch on his belt

I am sorry that no answer came when your heart cried out for help

But most of all that he took for granted,

never realizing the strength the beauty the glory

that is YOU

But to you I say don't give up, god has something special in store

Love is around the next corner, behind a closed door

And this time god will give you just what your heart is asking for

lord knows we all make mistakes we're human after all

but don't be so angry that you turn your back when true love calls

just remember not every man is the same

and not every man should bare the blame

for the deeds of a misguided few there are men out there

who will love you JUST FOR YOU

Also remember yours is not the only broken heart mine has been broken too

I just hope you can forgive the MAN in me just like I

forgave the WOMAN you are

This has been passed around many places but the author rarely gets recognition. It was written by Alpha Omega McCoo Jr. in 1999. He finally published a collection of his poetry called A Time of Healing. I love his work.

Thank you brother Alpha Omega McCoo Jr for such a beautiful poem.
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I'm just, a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody who can save anybody. First I want to give love to the Father for giving me the opportunity to be an instrument for him to live in and live through for the glory that belongs to only him and Him alone. I served in the United States Navy for twenty one years and retired September 2003. During the last 3 years of my naval career, I served as co-pastor of Greater New Refuge COGIC in Fallon, Nevada under the tutelage of Pastor Gregory L. Brown. While there, I diligently served my pastor and church with the construction of a new sanctuary, and caring for the needs of all ministries, while simultaneously striving to stay focused on the mandate that the Lord had placed upon my life to preach the Word of God without compromise. I was licensed to preach November 2002 and Ordained June 2003. While stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I proudly served and as constituent of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for seventeen years under the leadership of Bishop Elect W. D. Scott, Sr. and presently serve under the leadership of Bishop B. Courtney McBath at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

MY THEOLOGICAL TRAINING:

It brings to my face a unadulterated smile each and every occasion I am asked, “Elder Dre, What Theological Training do you have?”

My heart beams with joy at the opportunity to humbly give full glory to God as I reflect on on how the prophets, patriarchs and apostles of old would have respond: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joshua, Gideon, King David, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Matthew, Mark, Peter, James, John and the other disciples, not forgetting the Saviour Himself.

How would they have answered the question: “What theological training do you have?”

The words of the prophet Amos also came to mind: “Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:” Amos 7:14

I surely am not impliedly decrying theological preparation, education or training: I consider it essential, but not as much as some think. For the fact is, the Almighty raises up believers according to His own standards.

Educational qualifications, wealth, fame, talent, social standing, outward appearance etc. are useful; but they are secondary in His sight. Qualities like faith, obedience, holiness, humility, honesty, absolute loyalty to one’s spouse, the ability to raise one’s family to fear God and keep His commandments etc.; these are the things the Most High values.

“Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

Only on the Day of Judgment will it be known how truly educated, weighty and effective I have been. That is why I have to smile when the question arise.

The vanity of the question is only matched by the foolishness of my answer.

As the wise man wrote: “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 1: 2 or as the apostle Paul commented in 2 Corinthians 11:16-30 when rattling off a long list of impressive qualifications “... I speak as a fool.”

Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 1 John 4:14-15 (NLT)

I am a preacher, but most of all, I proclaim that Jesus is the Savior with various applications of that truth in my everyday life. My dear friend, if you are a Christian, you are a preacher also. Whether you have been ordained or not, hired by a church or not, or ever been recognized as a preacher or not is beside the point. All who have God living in them are called to proclaim the Savior to the world. It is a Holy calling, and a demanding one. It will pull you out of your comfort zone, challenge your commitment, and help to develop you into the person God has created you to be.

John spoke as an eyewitness to Jesus' saving power. We speak as heart-witnesses; ones who have not seen Jesus with our eyes, but have experienced Him through personal transformation. I speak, and you speak, as a representative of Christ on earth. The message that we bring is simple, yet profound; that God the Father sent God the Son into the world to save those who are lost to bring them into relationship with Him. As you tell the story, and I tell the story, some will listen and receive the grace that God has sent us into the world to proclaim.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Father, what a privilege to be a spokesperson for You.

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