The Underdog

Here's to the rebel
Here's to the underdog
Here's to the one person seeing color in the black and white world
Here's to the victim
Here's to the out outnumbered
The crushed, the defeated
The abused, the abandoned, the silenced
The crippled, the starved, the wounded

Here's to the protester
Here's to the one who didn't fit in
Here's to the one who was brave enough to speak
To think

Here's to the one who questioned
Here's to the one who was not appeased
Here's to the one who stood up
Here's to the one who was not afraid
Here's to the neglected
Here's to the imprisoned
The ignored, the punished, the tortured

Here's to the one (because sometimes one all there is)

Sometimes I think we forget that Jesus was not a celebrity. He did not wear a tie or have a traveling makeup and wardrobe team. He was not famous. He was not the voice of the majority. The things he said were not socially, religiously, or politically correct. He was uneducated and poor. People probably wondered why he didn't settle down, get a job and fit in. Jesus was a rebel. He has masses of enemies despising his every word, waiting for the chance to capture, arrest, torture ,and execute him. The government did not like what he had to say. The church did not like what he had to say.

Jesus was radical. Jesus was an underdog. Thousands saw him as an enemy, a threat.

And yet this man, hated and attacked, was the very Son of God On High. The very Prince of Peace. The only Savior of every man, woman and child. This man was Love incarnate and offered the most valuable and earth-shattering words ever said.

So here's to the rebel. Here's to the one who ought to be silenced, arrested, and killed. Here's to the one who sees truth walking down the road and follows, leaving behind everything he has.
Here's to the one who sticks out because there is something wrong and the world needs to change.

So here's to the outnumbered
Here's to the "crazy" one
Here's to the one without an army
Here's to the underdog.