Lil' Bro

Back in March I was able to something which could be labeled as the "first." It was the first time I said poetry/ spoken word in front of an audience during an event at my college.

I have always been encouraged by the gift some people possess to take an experience or idea and translate it into a deeper message. Many writers have this gift, but it is very powerful to have the ability to take written words and speak them with personality and passion. Hence the title "spoken word."

I do not consider myself a poet, or a "lyricist." I just simply wanted to display what God has done in my life over the past years in a way that would bring Him glory as well as possibly reach others. Instead of spoken word, I just simply say I spoke the WORD....

The main message I wanted to focus on was "Identity." I used many examples of what I once thought was apart of who I was during my high-school years; however, by the grace of God I was able to find my true identity which is in Christ Jesus.

The concept of me speaking with a younger brother came when I saw many younger guys making the same mistakes I made, and developing unsatisfying ways of finding their self-worth and identity. Many times society has a tendency to focus on certain characteristics of females which get labeled as insecurity, but males face insecurity as well.

This is a portion of my testimony. To know Christ, is to know Peace. He is truly the reason why we can go from Insecurity to being In Security!

May God get the Glory!

2 Corinthians 5:16-17 (New Living Translation)

 ¹⁶ So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! ¹⁷ This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!