Some things will never go away. Like stupidity. Ignorance. Stubbornness. All of it. People talk about the evolution of humans, and I can't say that I see much. Through the past few months I have been reading through the Bible from the beginning (as well as doing the New Testament and minor prophets). My point is this, from the beginning of humanity there has been stupidity. Think I'm lying? Eve, and Adam he was standing right there, was deceived by a serpent. Oy. Since then, things have not gotten better. I enjoyed my journey through the book of Exodus. How many times did God tell Moses that the Israelites are stubborn and dumb? So good.
Fast forward through the centuries. There is always racism. There is hatred among nations, wars, violence, hate. And here we are in 2017 lying to each other and saying that we're advanced and better than the people of the past. Again, we watch the news, scroll through facebook, and discuss the horrors of what is happening. We know it isn't anything new. Unfortunately, we only look as far back as the 40's, 50's, & 60's. We look back to the days of Martin Luther King Jr., but it didn't start there. It started when Eve bit that fruit. Evil entered into the hearts of men. Peace and harmony were replaced with discord and anger. So what do we do with this? Honestly, I don't know. All I know is that I can control myself, my words, my emotions, and my reactions. I can teach my children right from wrong. I can show them how to love, but thankfully I don't have to. My children see me and my husband. They see us with our friends of all nationalities. It will take parents to teach that there are differences, and that we love each other for our differences. I asked my son at dinner recently this question: You have four boys at a table. They are all from America, but one is white, one is black, one is Hispanic, and one is Asian. Which one is the best? His answer was this: none of them. I asked him why. He said, because they are all special for being different. Beautiful. I was raised listening to DC Talk. Oh, how I miss them. There was a song "Colored People". On the live album, yes there are multiple albums with this song, one of the members says the words, "I believe that God is a very creative artist." When you stop and think of our skin tones as God's artwork, doesn't it make your eyes open wider? I've never had a racist bone in my body so I struggle to understand the pure hatred of someone based on their skin tone. I can't figure out the reasoning and rationale behind it. Scientifically there is such a minute difference within the DNA that decides your hue it's insane. And yet, we continue to spew word vomit. I believe that the majority of the world has always felt that the color of the skin doesn't matter, but the heart of a man. However, it isn't the consistent, relaxed, standard of living that gets in the pages of the history books. We continue to have sects that do stupid things, and they get the press. We cannot live our lives according to the actions of the few. They may be loud. They may be getting in the way. But they are not the majority. They are not your neighbors. They do not speak for all.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorI have a lot to say about a lot of things. Archives
May 2023
Categories |