I have a lot questions.
Deep ones.
Is it wrong that my husband and I don't focus on race, daily. On the 'us' and the 'them'.
Am I African-Amercan first, or a Christian first?
I mean really, which comes FIRST?
Should my Biblical World View be tailored to my ethnicity?
Was I created brown, black, mocha, chocolate, peanut butter..African decent for the mere purpose of staying amongst them, my kind? Was I saved for the sole purpose of witnessing to them, ONLY? You know, the sort of 'giving back' to my hood. I have all these emotions. I have all these thoughts and feelings of how our immediate families, the African-American family, view my husband and I and our family.
The ONLY Person that makes us different is
JESUS CHRIST
My heart is torn because of the injustice and the works of satan being carried out in this earth. All peoples and nations are guilty of these dreadful acts. Dreadful acts like believing the lies of the enemy AND failing to hold to the TRUTH.
To name a one:
The Lie that ANY Culture (not necessarily, ethinicity) and/or Ethnicity trumps any other.
The devil is such an instigator. This is his thesis throughout the universe: Stirring Up Mess! He did it with Eve in the garden, in the beginning and he is still doing it NOW, in the end. He continues to shoot blanks and we continue to disperse. I wonder when we will see all of this for what it is..Satan's Chess Game. I am sure you know what I mean-->I am trying to take your King so I go for your Queen.
Hasn't anyone stopped and thought to themselves. The devil is trying to start a riot. Trying to keep the hate. You know, opposite of peace, which is what WE as CHRISTIANS are commanded to do.
I cry for this world, this nation, my state, my city, my neighborhood. Because, we continue to bite the bait of the enemy...instead of realizing the prince of the air, satan, the liar....runs a muck at our distress...
Dearest Tamika,
ReplyDeleteKeep shining brightly for Christ...I believe that we are called first to be Christians. We are first citizens of heaven. Your struggle with what is going on comes from the fact that your heart aches for the things that God’s heart aches about. I remember Jesus saying, "Forgive them Father for they do not know what they are doing." Even after they had welcomed him with palm branches, as He rode into Jerusalem on the donkey; a few hours later, the same people asked for Barraba’s freedom, and "crucify him" they asked about Jesus. Indeed as it was the same, back when after He freed them from Egypt’s slavery, they grumbled and complained. They even built idols, and worshipped to them too. Then, the Lord told them (Exodus 33) they were stiffed-necked people, as the reason He was not going with them. The world is still that same today. We want our way, regardless, and when we do not get it, we seek justice by our own hands. Keep doing good, Dear Sister. Never give up on doing good. Seek God’s justice, not man’s; man’s justice will never be perfect for we are fallen people. Color difference is not the worse thing that ever befell mankind, yet, we tend to want to see everything as colorblind. God created the difference, and sadly, black Americans have suffered discrimination in one form or another. But, look at how far equality has come. Only those who want to keep division (because they have something to gain by it) keep stirring up the pot., and ignore the gains since the Rev. Mating Luther King’s and Rose Parks’. God says who we are, but sadly, many who do not know the Lord, or do not want to surrender to Him, choose to listen to the lies. Indeed we are people of all colors, made in God’s image...Unless we start to believe it, we will never see the end of these troubles. Unless we learn to love like God loves, we will keep hatred simmering, waiting only for a little provocation. Unless we surrender to God’s justice, we will keep devouring each other seeking what man cannot give: Perfect justice.
My heart is aching too
(Norma Klinger)