Jay-Z and Beyonce wouldn’t be the power couple they are today without the help of this duo.
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Everyone goes crazy for Jay-Z and Beyonce and rightfully so, I guess.
Individually, Jay and his “Queen B” are perceived as bona fide superstars and together they make what the public and the presses call a “power couple.”
In the materialistic, secular sense, they’re are definitely highly visible brands with plenty of market leverage, but trust me when I say they wouldn’t be the “power couple” they are today without the silent duo that travels with them everywhere they go: faith and hard work.
Faith and hard work make the perfect couple because they’re balanced: faith is sweet, pleasant and charming, and hard work is rigged, painful and tough as nails.
Most people never meet the couple—they rush to faith with great joy, but avoid hard work like the plague mentioned in the book of Revelations. Growing up I watched many prophets who I perceived to be false stand up before vulnerable individuals and tell them their blessings—everything they dreamed for, including the house they can’t afford—is on the way and ALL they have to do is “believe.”
I watched the impact of false prophecy—false because the bible said faith without works is dead—on those I know and loved—some people actually died with nothing to pass on but a dream deferred.
Hard work would’ve been their best friend had they just given it a chance. Again, faith and hard work is the real power couple and when they come out together there’s no stopping them, period.
Every chance I get, which is usually on a daily basis, i engage faith and hard work, so much so that I often wonder if they’re tired of seeing me. I have a key to their home, a pull-out couch with my name on it and, when necessary, a spot in the garage.
I love faith and hard work and I have made them love me just the same. And the last time I spoke with them, which was right before I wrote this post, they told me to relay this message:
“If you want to be like Jay-Z and Beyonce come to our house for a meeting, because without us you’re just a lazy, crazy, fanatic whose caught up in the hype and misguided about reality. We are the real power couple and no one makes power moves without us.”
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