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January 1, 2015
My New Year's Resolution: Tryin' Real Hard to Be the Shepherd
Jules: There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17.
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper... and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass.
I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin': it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. 9 mm here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could be you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin, Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.
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Amen. And anything worth shooting once is worth shooting a second time in the head.
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at January 1, 2015 6:42 AM
FYI, the first 4 sentences of the first paragraph are not taken from the Book of Ezekiel.
KJV Ez 25:17 reads:
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Posted by: Fat Man at January 1, 2015 8:44 AM
Course, that's not actually in the Bible, but it sounds Bible-ish
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 1, 2015 10:38 AM
Niggle, niggle, niggle..... That's what we love about you Chris. Always so willing to share!
Posted by: Van der Leun at January 1, 2015 12:04 PM
Let's see if I understand this discussion. We're talkin' about a movie, some lines of dialog a guy says in a movie, that about right?
My uncle Letsgo Lozko, of the bantam chicken-raising Lozkos, he watched Three Stooges movies.
Oh, and John Wayne. He liked John Wayne.
Posted by: chasmatic at January 1, 2015 1:25 PM