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I have relocated back to the
United States of America
(USA) for a while
now, and I now live in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
It is a place that prides itself as the heart of the South in American
history. From an African American point of view, the
southern heritage represents slavery, segregation, inhumanity, lynching, social
restriction, political stagnation, and ultimately, the spirit of ignorance,
destitute, and rejection. The Americans of Europeans descent
see it as a time and systems of supremacy, exploitation of free labor for
underserved gain, and the convenience of a controlled dependant and consuming
class without power.
In
Atlanta,
Georgia, the
issue of the state flag is an important thing. Governors and
state officers have been known to have lost theirs offices or almost lost their
offices because of a flag. It appears that the flag has
become one of the main symbols of southern pride left in
Georgia that can be
displayed publicly to send a message that they are still in charge.
The civil rights era has come and gone, and Americans of different races
are trying to get along as much as they can in government, business, and private
life, but in
Georgia, they still feel that
the rest of
the United States of America
(USA) must know who owns
the land and should have rights.
Despite the fact that the
State flag has been changed to accommodate all Georgians and Americans, the
worshippers of southern heritage refuse to let go of their pride, which has
murder, blood, pain, and lack of human dignity attached to it.
They are using their rights or freedom of speech to fly their pride of
destroying God’s creation on their bicycles, cars, and houses. It
is the saddest thing in Christendom and a nation built on God, to see pastors,
choir members, prayer warriors, and church members, condone members of their
society affiliating with the banner of a hinderer’s mindset.
What would Jesus do? Did Jesus die on the cross so that
others can be enslaves and lynched? You can not serve God
and the Devil at the same time. You either are affiliated
with the cross that brings freedom from bondage and closeness to God for all, or
you are affiliated with a sign that brings fear, death, and bondage to some.
Christ was a savior to all and not a destroyer to some.
The other day in
Atlanta, My wife and I went to “Rooms to go”
outlet to get some furniture, we ran across a salesman named
Lincoln. He was
introducing himself to customers, so that they could come back and ask for him
as soon as they found what they wanted to buy. This was his
creative and hardworking strategy of getting customers early, in order to
increase his chances of getting a commission off their purchases. As my wife and
I moved on, he told a lady, who had a cross on her chest, with her four children
that whenever they were ready, they should request for “Lincoln”
at the front desk. He then told them, like he told everyone
else, that if they should forget his name, they can always think of Abraham
Lincoln.
As soon as the lady heard
“Abraham Lincoln”, you could literarily feel the heat of disgust that came out
of her. If there was ever a Holy Spirit in her cross, it
died that day. There was nothing going to hinder this woman
from expressing her pride for her
country. She stopped, turned around, and said to poor
Lincoln, “No, I will remember
Lincoln the penny; the red copper
Lincoln.” Then
she strode off. I doubt if she ever remembered to even think
of the “red cooper” when she was closing her purchase.
What difference does it make
if we refer to Abraham Lincoln in words or as a picture on a coin?
Isn’t it the same person? The heavenly bound lady, out of earthly pride
and heritage, thought it was best to classify her fellow countryman, from the
ancestry of bondage, as a worthless penny than the President of the land of the
free. Did the good book not say, “How can you love me you
have not seen, but do not love your brother that you see?”
Can you find happiness in heaven when you are filled with prideful hate on
earth? Well, if this is tradition and heritage in the 21st
century, then maybe we should adopt the cultureless Barbarians instead. |
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The Political & Spiritual Purpose of the
Holy Land
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