I just have to be blatantly and boldly honest. I am sick and tired of racism, racial prejudice, and racial preference in my country and in the churches of this country! I sometimes envy my children because they are color blind. I hear so many comments here and there...on tv...on radio...in music...in movies.....at social gatherings and sometimes at churches...that it is hard not to live where I live and not be influenced by some sort of race issue!
Even though I didn't vote for Barack Obama there is a part of me that is glad that he won. I can see the little minority children who had an extra twinkle in their eye and extra length in their smile the day after the election and it makes me happy for them. I can tell that some of my neighbors are a little more happy and that they are looking to see if I am happy for them too! If you can't see that then you are not looking or else you live in Utah.
Yes....my children do have very limited light perception but they see absolutely no color....Praise the Lord. My daughter goes to a school where she is the minority. She goes to a school where there are only 5 grades and yet their are over 50 languages represented. I am glad that when she comes home and talks to me about her friends at school that she doesn't have a clue what color they are. I wish we could all be color blind.
I am right on with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr a Baptist Preacher who was a Republican, he said
Even though I didn't vote for Barack Obama there is a part of me that is glad that he won. I can see the little minority children who had an extra twinkle in their eye and extra length in their smile the day after the election and it makes me happy for them. I can tell that some of my neighbors are a little more happy and that they are looking to see if I am happy for them too! If you can't see that then you are not looking or else you live in Utah.
Yes....my children do have very limited light perception but they see absolutely no color....Praise the Lord. My daughter goes to a school where she is the minority. She goes to a school where there are only 5 grades and yet their are over 50 languages represented. I am glad that when she comes home and talks to me about her friends at school that she doesn't have a clue what color they are. I wish we could all be color blind.
I am right on with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr a Baptist Preacher who was a Republican, he said
"I have a dreamthat my four little childrenwill one day live in a nationwhere they will not be judgedby the color of their skinbut by the contentof their character.”
Why is it that Sunday Morning is still the most segregated time of the whole week in America? Lord help the Christians and the Churches in this nation to repent and be a shining light to the rest of the World.
Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
God's design for the Local Church was for it to be an example to the World of how people of all races and tongues and cultures could love each other in unity in Christ.....And look what America is on Sunday mornings! Can the local churches bring glory to Christ when they aren't keeping his commands? Let's pray that revival will come to the churches of America in this issue and many others.....ie Abortion
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Great thoughts, Jonathon!
Well said, my brother. One day we'll all be gathered together on that sea of glass, united in one purpose: to praise and honor the King of Kings!
As a youth minister and someone who is a Christian and a Baptist, you commented and said that you are a little bit happy that Obama won the election. I couldn't disagree with you more. I'm outraged that you would condone a man who is for abortion, that you would even write something like you did in your blog. It's very foolish and wordly. You can be upset about race in America but how dare you condone Obama.
saying that I am somewhat happy that he won does not mean that I would not have preferred someone else to win or that I agree with what he stands for in the areas of morality. I am sorry you feel that I am condoning him. I think that you are misrepresenting the context of what I said. I can be glad that he is helping race relations while at the same time be unhappy for other things. I do not regret what I said or think there was anything wrong with it!
God Bless,
Jonathon Smith
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