Read Matthew 25 vs 40 to 45

Apart from de usual two and three months Crusade under de big tent, how could anyone not notice de sudden bust of lay-tent, social N-ah-G coming from de Seven Day Advent-is Organ-I-say-shun (SDA), in response to de Christmas Eve night disaster. From de word go, de SDA was dey on de ground right thru, Sabbath or no Sabbath, bishop Der-moth and all.{{more}}

Dis is big foh dem eh, SDA don’t cook or eat pon de Sabbath, but foh once dey remember dat Jesus himself did what was “needed” to be done, ate and healed on de Sabbath. Ah don’t want to sound like ah heckling de SDA, because ah not. Ah truly want to recognize de excellent work dat dey doing. Firstly dey were providing over 5,000 meals foh people in de camps. Ah like dah 5,000 figure, it is de same number ah people dat Jesus fed after His Crusade. And now ah hearing dey not finish, dey are bringing in volunteers, specialists in counseling, to wuk along wid victims from de floods. Ah will tell yuh ah lickle secret, when dem Counselors finish, every victim will be ah Seven Day Advent-is.

Absolutely nothing wrong wid dat. Yuh notice dat God like he fed up wid de tug-o-war between NDP and de ULP over every single matter. Right now dey fighting over who should or should not distribute de Relief. So God is using his servants, starting wid de SDA to show dat dey should be no pull-it-tek-all motive in reaching out to de needs ah His people . He said it all in Matthew Chapter 25 vs 40 to 45, and ah don’t have to remind de PM, now ah Bible Reader of dat passage. But foh those in authority who seem hell-bent on playing politics wid de Relief dat de Master send for His people, both ULP and NDP, ley me repeat way Jesus says in verse 40 and repeats it in vs 45: ” Verily I say unto you ‘Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these’ my brethren, you have done it for me.” Read de passage and see also way go happen to dem who acted differently.

Big up also Leader ah de DRP, An-easier who is Chose-in another name, de same Seven Day though. In her humble way, she was in de shelters doing her bit. Ah asked Lie-Za who has de bigger party, Green finger, I-fan or An-easier. She said I-fan, along wid his deputy Bungo has two, but dat number is twice dat of An-easier’s DRP.

WAIT TILL DE BELL RING

Cheer-man, Edwin Snag had de ULP con-vin-shun foh he-self last Sun-dey. If is one ting, Snag-he could talk, he mouth ain’t big so foh nuttin, still jam-in more tree-knee act-scent dan Calm-law: “Come-red and frenz” he said, “ley me re-mine all yoh dah de teeem foh dis con-vent-shon is ‘On yuh mark’, all yoh hear me? ‘On yoh mark!” He tek ah breath and he come back: ” Come-red and frenz when all yuh hear ‘On yoh mark’, doh look foh no ‘get set’ yuh noh, dis ting could happen just soh.” And de crowd responded to soot wid: “Ring de bailll!” Snag-he like he forgot way did happen to Yuh-see-him Bolt at de last Olympics. Bolt was on the starting blocks foh de one hundred metres finals. Of course he was de fear-foh-hit, not only dat, de hole world was watching and waiting to see how many hundredths of ah second dah Bolt was going to knock off own world record of 9.586 seconds, still his personal best. De “On yoh mark” warning was gone and all eight athletes down on dey knees waiting foh de “get set!” But Bolt like he got dis Snag-he ting pon he mind, he ain’t wait foh de “get set!” He was first out ah de blocks, out before de real gun shot. We all know de final results, Yuh-see-him Bolt was disqualified. Snag-he is right, foh dis coming Elect-shun, it will be all over foh ah lot ah dem Can-de-date at “On yuh mark!” No name no warrant!

wid dat is gone ah gone again.

One Love Bassy

Bassy Alexander is a land surveyor, folklorist and social commentator.