Change is coming to America. The death of George Floyd has opened the eyes of White America and others in America of what our people (African-Americans) experience daily. Derek Chauvin was shown on video putting his knee on Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Mr. Floyd died because of this. What is also disturbing is the fact that three other police officers allowed their colleague to carry on in such a manner. Thank God for technology and the cell phone. If this had not been recorded, Chauvin might have gotten away with murder.
Floyd's life has not been the only one that has been taken away by police brutality. Others have fallen at the hands of reckless police officers. We know that there are many police officers who take their job and authority seriously and who have the best interest for the public that they serve. The conversation in this hour is about those who abuse their power. This abuse of power is exposing the covert racism that exists in America. I believe that change is coming.
God is not a respecter of persons. He forced Pharaoh to release the children of Israel after 400 years of bondage. Read the book of Exodus or buy the DVD for The Ten Commandments. Unless you are a black man in America, you can not truly understand what oppression looks like. Yes, as black women we may go only so far, but efforts are continuous to keep the African-American male down.
Derek Chauvin's knee on George Floyd's neck was symbolic in two ways. It is symbolic because America has used racism to hold the black man down. It is also symbolic because the devil primarily uses all of his arsenal to keep the people of God down. All the devil's tricks are to cause oppression whether it is spiritual, physical, financial, psychological, clinical, or relational. History will recall that many times African-Americans are asked or recommended to have surgeries that are unnecessary. Many times there was sterilization. Sometimes, our people were test subjects.
Some think it's all an enormous game and that perhaps we are uninformed. Understand that judgment begins in the house of God. Judgment is perhaps coming to America for the ills of generations of keeping people in bondage. Get your hearts right. You do right. The people who implemented slavery have already faced the Judge. One day we will all stand before a Holy and Righteous God. Who shall be able to stand?
Floyd's life has not been the only one that has been taken away by police brutality. Others have fallen at the hands of reckless police officers. We know that there are many police officers who take their job and authority seriously and who have the best interest for the public that they serve. The conversation in this hour is about those who abuse their power. This abuse of power is exposing the covert racism that exists in America. I believe that change is coming.
God is not a respecter of persons. He forced Pharaoh to release the children of Israel after 400 years of bondage. Read the book of Exodus or buy the DVD for The Ten Commandments. Unless you are a black man in America, you can not truly understand what oppression looks like. Yes, as black women we may go only so far, but efforts are continuous to keep the African-American male down.
Derek Chauvin's knee on George Floyd's neck was symbolic in two ways. It is symbolic because America has used racism to hold the black man down. It is also symbolic because the devil primarily uses all of his arsenal to keep the people of God down. All the devil's tricks are to cause oppression whether it is spiritual, physical, financial, psychological, clinical, or relational. History will recall that many times African-Americans are asked or recommended to have surgeries that are unnecessary. Many times there was sterilization. Sometimes, our people were test subjects.
Some think it's all an enormous game and that perhaps we are uninformed. Understand that judgment begins in the house of God. Judgment is perhaps coming to America for the ills of generations of keeping people in bondage. Get your hearts right. You do right. The people who implemented slavery have already faced the Judge. One day we will all stand before a Holy and Righteous God. Who shall be able to stand?
