It is a great time to listen to the rants of Jeremiah Write and James Cone. Their bitterness and rage at Whites and the American government is deep within them and they have obviously missed the message of Easter. Easter celebrates forgiveness and peace as opposed to anger, bitterness and anxiety.
I seriously doubt that any of my readers will let these two "Ministers of the good news" know that I am offering them release and the way of forgiveness. But it is not my purpose to share the good news to them but to others who might have missed the liberating message of new life and new joy by listening to hate mongers like the two men mentioned above.
As Hebrews 12 says, "Be at peace with all and the sanctification without which we cannot experience God. Beware lest any of you miss the message of grace and allow a root of toxic bitterness grow up and defile many generations."
Those who grew up hating African Americans, White people, Japanese, Germans or the Hatfields and McCoys need to hear that release and healing is possible this Easter. Peace is possible if we take the gift of God's grace and allow the Spirit to free us.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us how to forgive and live in peace. Today is the day of salvation. I wish the James Cone, one of the creators of what is wrongly called, "Black Liberation Theology" would follow King instead of Marx and preach peace instead of war.
It is not easy to forgive but it is possible and it will heal what ails us. I was deeply wounded by friends not long ago and it took some time for me to let go of the bitterness. I was finally able to do so through the Holy Spirit and now I can pray the Lord's Prayer with freedom. PTL!
Gary Sweeten
Sweeten Life Systems
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