I was born and raised in the South and I am proud of it!  I am not one bit ashamed to admit that I love Grits!  Being raised in the South has many advantages!  One of the greatest advantages is that we have words in our vocabulary that explain things with one word that takes folks from other parts of the country to explain with several!  While some of these words have never found their way into Mr. Webster’s fine, but limited volume, they have and continue to be of great importance to communicating life changing truth!

One of the words that you tend to hear a lot around the south is “y’all!”  The word “Y’all” is more than likely referring to more than one and is usually talking about a group of people that have something in common!  We might offer an invitation that says:  “Y’all come on over to the house and we will break out some Moon Pies and RC Cola!”  Which means:  More than one person is going to have a good afternoon!

I think Jesus may have been raised in the Southern part of Nazareth, because He had a lot to say about “y’all”!  He wanted everybody to be together, unified and as one!  Many of the instructions that Jesus gave have been translated as “you” (singular), but if you look at the original languages, many times you will find that He is giving instructions not to an individual, but to a group “you all” (plural).  The truth is Jesus was very much into us all coming together as y’all to be blessed by Him!

Just think what Jesus could do and would do if we became “y’all”!