That's right. I said it. I'm racist...against racism!!!
In light of a recent Facebook post about a man who is fighting for his right to bear a rebel flag because ''it is his history and not about racism at all" I GOT MAD and started to collect my thoughts in this blog. I'm all for personal freedom in our country because, after all, that's what it was founded on but our forefathers fled here to avoid persecution. Not to create it. So isn't THAT our country's true history? Last time I read the bible it wasn't labeled FOR WHITES ONLY. And who's opinion on this matter matters the most? God's does! Let's see what He has to say about it...
Genesis 1:27
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them
John 13:34
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Matthew 22:39
"Love your neighbor as you love yourself."
So, because I am of German heritage should I wear a swastika? It is acceptable in our country after all. That doesn't make it right or moral!! Beth Moore says in her bible study of the book of Daniel that we can be trapped in a "friendly" snare. They use the excuse that the rebel flag is a part of southern history. Well, most African Americans see it as a horrific period of time that their forefathers were enslaved, beaten, persecuted, murdered, and treated like they were less than animals!!! Their great great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc we're separated from their families to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Hung from trees, terrorized, and oppressed. If that happened today in present time to Americans I don't think any of us would be flying a flag representing Americans being tortured and murdered and oppressed in any act of historical pride! I'm NOT sorry to say that I DO find it offensive. As I am sure most Americans do. If it wasn't offensive to people there wouldn't be an issue being raised about it flying freely on government property. Last time I checked there wasn't one single American flying a Taliban flag after 9-11 because it represented a time in our country's history.
And please do not misunderstand me and think this only applies to skin color racism. I'm not going to persecute a person who bears a gay pride symbol or any other symbol that God sees as a sin, the poor, the lustful, the outcasts of society, the lame, etc. Jesus defended the woman at the well. He tells us not to esteem the rich man. I have no right to judge another person by their choices. God commands that I am to love. He doesn't say love under any specific conditions. If that were the case I should be persecuted first. I am nothing more than a disgusting and vial sinner thankfully covered so gracefully by his blood. I AM the lowest of the least. I AM the woman at the well. I AM the poor man being thrown scraps from the rich mans table. I AM the hated tax collector. I AM the leper. But He died for me, and the black man, and the Hispanic man, and the prostitute, and the drug addict, and the murderer, the suicide bomber, and the thief, and the adulterer, the scam artist, the liar, the atheist, the homosexual, the Muslim, the child molester, the diseased, the orphan, the soldier, the betrayers, the drunks, the Africans, the Asians, the mentally ill, the homeless, and the list goes on.......... Do we want Jesus to write in the sand all over again? Not I...
1Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
I don't remember where I heard or possibly read it but I recall somewhere a while back that I should insert my name where we find the word "love" in these passages in 1Corinthians. Does it describe the way we are? If not, I'm guessing God sees it as sinful. We're not here to make the general public happy. We're here to do the work of God. I think we're, as a society, so worried about being politically correct that we forget who we are REALLY here to please. If we all followed the teachings of the bible and had a passion for adhering to God's word there would be no place for racism in our hearts. I know there will always be sin in our fallen world, but it takes wisdom and courage for those of us who see this as an injustice to stand up and MAKE WAR against sin. As this obviously is simply that, sin.
I've become the new branch on my family tree.
I'm choosing to change my family's history.
He is the vine, I am his branch.
Remaining in Him.
