Sooo…. I’m taking out this time to give you a piece of my mind 🙂
Did you know that people hold the black church accountable? Did you also know that we are held to a high standard? Good! We should always strive to do better. Foreals! The thing is…we really need to do better. Encouragement alone doesn’t make positive change. This is similar to desegregation and how it alone didn’t result in immediate positive change for black people. The struggle is real..and it continues..
The black church is a powerful entity that’s made up of every day people who the Lord called to ministry. The church as a whole can encourage members to change….but that thang takes a minute… I mean look how long it took “us” to get the right to vote? And then, look how long it took us to elect a black President? And, now that he’s in office, look at the opposition that he’s facing. And, then the black community gets upset after feeling like he hasn’t done enough. Oh, please. Go, tell it on the mountain…smh…
The black church is a reflection of black people because it intimately reflects the trials and tribulations that we’ve experienced over the last several hundred years. It reflects the good and bad and in-between. It reflects the triumph and the trauma in every member and song and program and anniversary celebration, etc.. The thing that I love about church, at least mine, is that we are a receiving church, which means we will receive you, yes you, into the body of Christ. The thing is..we are not an accepting church, which means the expectation is that you actively work towards bettering yourself as a Christian and as a result, your behaviors will change and subsequently, your lifestyle will change. You can compare the journey of a Christian to one of child moving from secondary school to college. It’s a journey and it takes some of us longer than others to get ourselves together…no seriously! The point is that we have to continue to strive. We must!We cannot stop striving no matter how hard life is or how long the journey may seem. We have to press forward. We have to keep it moving. We really do! #ihavefaithalldaylong that this is what we are doing and that we will continue to do so.
Abundant Blessings,
-Ebony