The Reason Pastors Don't Speak On Race

These tweets sum up why most pastors are scared to speak on race in the church

Scenario: Pretty Little Liar

This scenario proves how dangerous liars are. This man's life was ruined because of spite. The daughter was upset because her stepdad wouldn't let her go to a party on a school night, so she lies to her mother about this man molesting her. The mother wasn't trying to hear it because she was in her feelings over what her daughter told her. I'm not upset with the mother because as a parent, you're supposed to believe your child(ren) when they tell you something serious like this. I credit the daughter for admitting her mistake because her conscience must've been eating her alive. You can't have peace in your life doing people dirty. The husband in this scenario is right to leave because of the spiteful stepdaughter. He won't feel comfortable in that home; so why stay where there's tension? The daughter messed up what was probably a good relationship between the mother and stepdad. For me, there's no doubt what I would do in this situation: LEAVE. I wouldn't care if she reached out to me explaining she was wrong for believing her daughter's lie, we would be done. I would forgive both of them, but I wouldn't stay because the love is gone. I don't see how anyone could get through this without lots of counseling and forgiveness, and NOT become bitter. This would be tough to get through, but it could probably be done.

Pandora's Box

All doors shouldn't be opened.

Wednesday Encouragement

Reposting from Pinetrest. One thing I like about Pinetrest is that I come up on inspirational memes like this daily.

White Guilt

What do you see when you see this pic? I see white guilt. Due to the racial incidents involving Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, some whites are trying to reconcile with blacks by accepting guilt on behalf of their ancestors. I'll make this short: I doubt today's whites have anything to do with past slavery, let alone have any ancestors who owned slaves. Even if they did apologize, it wouldn't change the past.

Prayer

By itself, prayer doesn't change things. Prayer combined with action changes things.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) June 15, 2020

Today's Word: Philippians 4:13

Believers (myself included) need periodic reminders of what God has for their lives.