“PEOPLE!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 480

June 16, 2020///

I want to turn your attention to trees this day!   There are pines, oaks, redwood, and many other varieties of trees.  Some are tall, some are short, some have thick branches and some thin branches.

But may I point out they are all trees.

This could apply to the different kinds of flowers also, but they are all flowers.

May I point out to you that they are all create by the Lord God Almighty.

We are hearing and seeing many heartbreaking and disturbing things, right now in our country, about prejudice. Let us look at that in light of the creator God!

I want you to apply the tree truths to people. We may be tall, short, skinny, plump, cute, beautiful, handsome, black, white, Hispanic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, African, Mexican, women, man, child, baby, elder, and the list goes on, but we are all human creations of the Lord God Almighty.

Just like the trees are all trees we are all people!

Long before the United States was formed as a nation, there was prejudice.

We can see it in the Bible: old and new testaments and Jesus condemned it.

We see it in the caste system which started in India. The caste system was levels of people’s value.

We see in Hitler’s destruction of the Jewish people.

We see it in the Christian realm when only the priest could study and read God’s word!

Then as the United States was formed, we have seen prejudice cause a war between the north and south.  We have seen prejudice against women and prejudice against the senior population.

I would call abortion prejudice against unborn babies, taking life that God has given,

The list goes on, but I want to point out why I believe we have prejudice.  I believe it is pride that infiltrates a society to have their way and that their way is the right way. Somehow, we believe the lies from hell that because of our possessions, education, background, and heritage that we are better or more deserving than someone else.

It started with Adam and Eve deciding that they deserved to eat from the tree of good and evil even though God knew this was not the right thing.  At that point they lost their innocence and became aware of evil.

Their son Cain killed his brother Able because of jealousy and pride.  All of that evil, pride, jealousy, stubbornness, and yes, all prejudice comes from satan and his mission to kill, steal and destroy.

Look around you.  The killing, destruction, and evil is from satan.

I am seventy-five years old and, in my lifetime, I have experienced some prejudice for being a female.  I am sure in one way or another you have experienced some kind of prejudice.

But may I go back to the trees and give you some examples of how we as children of the most high God can spread the Love of Christ Jesus.

Trees provide shade, they give themselves to build boats, houses, and bridges.  They give themselves to provide firewood to warm us and cabinets to hold items, their branches reach to the skies as they praise their creator!

However, trees also build fences, and shackles, and fall on houses and properties and destroy them!

Which kind of tree are you?  Are you providing shade for a weary soul, are you providing a way for others to travel over the sea of life?  Are you a house of refuge that is shelter and safety to others and are you a conduit of the fire of God to warm people?  Are you reaching to the sky in praise to your creator?

OR

Are you building fences to keep out those who are different or who may not agree with you?  Are you shackling people with the requirement that they must meet your criteria, or they are all wrong?  Are you destroying peoples worth and self esteem by you actions and ugly acts?

The scripture is very clear:

Colossians 3:8-12 (KJV)
⁸ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
⁹ Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
¹⁰ And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
¹¹ Where THERE IS NEITHER GREEK NOR JEW, CIRCUMCISION NOR UNCIRCUMCISION, BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, BOND NOR FREE: BUT CHRIST IS ALL, AND IN ALL.
¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

 

Father God, creator of every person, forgive us for every prejudice we have allowed in our minds and spirits and lives.  Fill us with love for all, because they will know we are Christians by our Love. In Jesus name, Amen!

The Love of God will stamp our hate.  Let us spread that Love.  MeMaw