Colorblind
Yesterday, when sitting in church, it occurred to me that when it comes to people, "I am Colorblind". I thank God for that. Here is how it happened...
I grew up in the south. I lived in a little southern bubble. I went to a segregated school, segregated church, ate in segregated restaurants and lived in a segregated neighborhood. My father, when he needed
extra help on his construction job, would go over to the black side of town and pick out one or two boys looking for day work. For me, at that time, that was the way life was. "It was normal".
One of the smartest decisions I ever made was to leave home. I didn't want to live in a "nowhere town becoming nobody". My parents had already moved back north to Ohio.
One morning out of the blue, I decided to join the U.S. Army. God was shaking my tree and old rotten fruit was falling to the ground. While the Army was a hard adjustment for this immature boy, God was hard at work opening my eyes to the rest of the world. I remember most of the time being afraid. Afraid of strange people, strange places and not knowing what I was really doing. "I was just doing".
Couple all of this with the fact I wanted noting to do with God I had been forced fed most of my young life with conservative judgmental religion. God finally got ahold of me and showed me a much better way to live. Part of that was to make me colorblind to people. I don't see people of color, I see people who belong to God just as I do. There is so much others have to offer me as I experience the Holy Spirit in relationships. This didn't happen just overnight. It is something that has just evolved over time.
If you are questioning why God doesn't make things better in your life, allow God to make you colorblind. See the world in a whole new different way. Enjoy life, God's way. I left home not knowing what was going to happen to me but I was open to change. I know for a fact God wants to make you a better person. We all need to be better people in this world. It is God's world because he loves you.
I grew up in the south. I lived in a little southern bubble. I went to a segregated school, segregated church, ate in segregated restaurants and lived in a segregated neighborhood. My father, when he needed
extra help on his construction job, would go over to the black side of town and pick out one or two boys looking for day work. For me, at that time, that was the way life was. "It was normal".
One of the smartest decisions I ever made was to leave home. I didn't want to live in a "nowhere town becoming nobody". My parents had already moved back north to Ohio.
One morning out of the blue, I decided to join the U.S. Army. God was shaking my tree and old rotten fruit was falling to the ground. While the Army was a hard adjustment for this immature boy, God was hard at work opening my eyes to the rest of the world. I remember most of the time being afraid. Afraid of strange people, strange places and not knowing what I was really doing. "I was just doing".
Couple all of this with the fact I wanted noting to do with God I had been forced fed most of my young life with conservative judgmental religion. God finally got ahold of me and showed me a much better way to live. Part of that was to make me colorblind to people. I don't see people of color, I see people who belong to God just as I do. There is so much others have to offer me as I experience the Holy Spirit in relationships. This didn't happen just overnight. It is something that has just evolved over time.
If you are questioning why God doesn't make things better in your life, allow God to make you colorblind. See the world in a whole new different way. Enjoy life, God's way. I left home not knowing what was going to happen to me but I was open to change. I know for a fact God wants to make you a better person. We all need to be better people in this world. It is God's world because he loves you.
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