![]() I have no idea what Drake is talking about, but the song is great. "So I watched the video, and read the lyrics. Love like the tears of a mother who knows she can feed her children for another few nights - love can do that." let's build infrastructures which right the wrongs of the world. Let's keep growing together on this path towards love. even I could critique it but I'm more interested in building than tearing down. We are all connected and I love that Drake is using his influence to serve love, beauty and dignity- with honor and grace. Every song, every melody, every note can be an opportunity to grow towards our collective enlightenment - owning our power in the way of Love. I believe in the power of music to transform. Maybe food is one other thing which can do it to the degree that music can. Music and art can be healing, they have the power to bring people together in a way few other things can. The video reminded me of unfettered capitalism and the destruction of our Earth mother. People say that the system is broken and I don't believe that's true - I think the system is fully functional and is rigged the way it is to keep some people up and some people down. It made me think about stolen lands and stolen peoples and the inequity we see as a result of those oppressions and how we become numb to it like the way we come to see poverty as simply the condition of a people instead of a symptom of systemic infrastructural injustice. "The video had me in tears and made me wish that we would talk seriously about things like reparations in America for indigenous and Black peoples. The question I believe Christians should walk away asking themselves after watching this video is simply this, "How am I being a blessing to others around me?" Christians should be able to look at this video and be reminded of the call we have. I will say this, I am glad he did what he did. I cannot judge a man's heart, and question why Drake did it. I believe this was a wonderful act that Drake did and we need to see more of it. We don't do these things to prove to God we love him or earn his love but we do things, similar to what Drake did, to express our joy and love for the fact that God loved us so much that he gave His Son to meet our most desperate need, the payment for our sins. We don't do this to get something, but to serve and be a blessing! (Mark 10:45). I am not saying, all Christians need to give close to $1 million dollars away, but what I am saying is that we should be those who do our best to meet the needs of our community and people we come in contact with. In the video, Drake is displaying how this can happen. We are told to be salt and light (Mt 5:13-16), show self-sacrificing love (John 15:13). Those who follow Jesus should be known by their love for others (John 13:34-35), how they care for the least of these(Matthew 25:31-40), how they interact with immigrant, orphan, etc. ![]() This same idea carries throughout the Bible. God tells him in so many words you are blessed to be a blessing.
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