You will be glad to know that some ministers and churches are working together seriously to defeat racism. Sadly, not all are working to that end. Racism is very deep-seated and some view it as a hopeless chance to change it. Others have come to the conclusion that we can no longer ignore the message of 1 John 2: 9-11: “anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.”
When I went to my study this morning, it was dark outside. But little by little the sun was coming up. Then all was light. I was born in a racist community and raise in a racist environment. Then the Son came up in my life and at the age of 17 I had a radical wake-up call about the evil of racial prejudice.
I am saddened that it did not happen in church. Many churches yet remain silent on racism. If they are going to have a speaker of another race it will be advertised so any members with racist feelings may stay at home. Is the Light on at your house? Is the Light on at your church? When you can see other people as your brothers and sisters you know that the Light is on. “But if we walk in the Light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7 NIV)
That word “fellowship” is a wonderful word: it means sharing life. My definition is “joined together at the heart”. How can you possibly reject someone because of one thin layer of pigmentation (epidermis) when you are joined together at the heart?
“As we progress through the Lenten season, O Ressurected Christ, may
we use this an opportune time to share with other Christians in prayer. Amen”
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