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"Get Over Yourself"

I know we can't but if we could return to a date four hundred years in our past and listen to one fervent prayer of one native African, listen to the communication between a scared, confused, wise, proud person and his Creator, we wouldn't marvel at the success of our people today. We would be so grateful! We would hear a prayer filled with faith. Faith that there is a Supreme Being. Faith that this Creator, this Supreme Being would fix what appears to be going so wrong. Faith that whatever this evil is, where ever this evil person came from, this evilness will be eliminated. Today when you evaluate the success of the African-American in reference to the efforts made by the non-black person to keep us down, beneath, separated, submissive and a mentality of inferiority, we haven't done so bad. True, there are still some, OK many barriers that are still placed in our path. Yes we still have to be twice as good as our non-black counterpart. We can't complain, get up set or just feel like not talking one day. WE ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY!

If you take in consideration that our ancestors came to a unknown land, hearing an unknown language, subjected to a treatment from another human being that was absolutely inhuman, how they made it is nothing short of a miracle. I believe that some of the native Africans knew in their heart that God's plan would work out for the betterment of his people. They knew that in order for the prayer to be fulfilled, existence would be the key. Yes they could have killed themselves, or they could have remained uneducated, they could have remained angry and not except a helping hand from a non-black, but they didn't. They knew that prayer, answered, is God's blessing to his children. They knew that our faith in Him was all needed to bless our people. They knew that all that matters is what God's plan is for us individually and collectively. They knew that a fervent prayer petitioning that God's will be done was the only way to pray! So GET OVER YOURSELF and ask God to place His will in your life, not your will but His absolute will for your life.
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Don said…
very insightful and thought-provoking read. one which i wholeheartedly agree with.

thanks for sharing.
July 3, 2008 at 5:21 PM
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