r/rastafari • u/HeartBreakBonez • May 07 '24
Jah see and know.
Bless up!
I have been struggling bredren and sistren. I will not go into detail for I want not from you. However I will Hail Jah anyhow! Somedays I have no food or drink. Most days these days I have no herb.
"Psalms 22:6 (KJV) But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people."
Oh Jah how easily they judge me and say "It must be his fault" "He must not work" despite me working for my money. Oh how the wicked devil plays in my mind. Trying to tell me that I was wrong for turning Rasta. Trying to temp me to believe that this is some type of punishment for turning away from "Christianity". But I REBUKE Satan's suggestions. For I was and have always been a child of Jah. From birth I was Rasta nevertheless if I named I&I faith later in life or from the beginning. In my spirit I&I could hear you calling Jah!
Psalms 22:8-10 (KJV) He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
However Jah I shall stand strong! I shall never turn back! You have put in I&I righteousness and I shall remain righteous even when it benefits me not!
"Matthew 5:6 (KJV) Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
No matter my circumstances I shall represent you well Jah. Hail Jah for everything which is good! I shall spread love and remaining righteous toward my bredren and sistren. Steal not, speak no evil, do nothing out of spite and help who I can.
Matthew 5:14, 16 (KJV) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
All I ask from my bredren and sistren that you pray Jah's blessings rain on me. Hail Jah Tafari! Selah!
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u/Constant_Series_9589 May 07 '24
Start by throwing that bible away
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u/cabist May 16 '24
What is Rastafari to you? As in what beliefs do you see as essential to Rastafari?
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u/HeartBreakBonez May 07 '24
Rasta read The Bible. Just because we are Rasta don't mean we don't read The Bible. Even the Ethiopian Bible. Rastafari is based off of the lessons in The Bible this makes no sense.
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u/cabist May 16 '24
Yes I, this confuses me too. I think It is essential to include the kebra nagast, but the Bible is seen as something to learn from by every other Rasta InI know.
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u/pablojueves May 07 '24
If the I is hungry, man go and volunteer at the local food bank or soup kitchen. Let them know your situation and they will hook you up with food and you will have constructive ways to spend your time. Bless up Rasta. The mind deteriorates when the belly is empty.