Stick it to the Man

My darling roommate and I were having a great conversation this morning. Although we live together, we never see each other (we're both seniors, trying to graduate, and figure out what we're doing with ourselves after school). This means that these rare occurrences when we do get to talk are all so sweet and treasured.

Suddenly she perks up, "I think I've discovered the true meaning of the phrase 'Stick it to the Man.'"

I looked at her, perplexed. What was she talking about?

"You know how things can just get you down and be overwhelming?" She continued. "That's when we need to say "stick it to the man." That man is Jesus."

I mulled over her words, and the truth rang out. "Stick it to the Man." The man who "bore our shame and carried our sorrows. We thought that his sins were a punishment from God for his own sins, but indeed, they were ours." (Isaiah 53:4).

That is the whole point of Christ's death, that he would take the things of this world that hold us down, so that we may know true life. Therefore, let's surrender our troubles to him. Let's "Stick it to the Man."

(Look forward to a great painting to be posted, carrying this phrase).