I posted this little note this morning on Facebook after reading the following headline:
WHITE GUNMAN CAUGHT IN KILLING OF 9 IN HISTORIC BLACK CHURCH
I’m more disturbed by the headline of this article than its content. Despite the facts that 9 black lives were lost to a white assailant, we need not make this a race issue…it’s purely an evil issue…a demonic issue…satan’s attempt to further divide the Kingdom of God…yes black lives matter, but so do all other races…this is not a reason for civil war, but civil prayer, humility, and trust in the one true God.
I implore the saints of God to not cower in fear or attempt to retaliate by this world’s weapons…for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but the spiritual wickedness.
On the surface for the minority, this incident might appear as if it’s a race issue, but that’s clearly what the enemy desires us to think. While the skin on the outside differs from race to race, when blood is spilled it’s all one color: RED! God doesn’t want any to perish… His love is unconditional and it provides unimaginable peace in situations like this. While the families of the slain grieve the loss, our Heavenly Father is grieved as well..not by the enemy’s actions…that’s possibly the only consistency in the evil one: to kill, steal, and destroy…it’s no surprise, yet God is grieved by our response…our response to His ability to provide…His ability to avenge on our behalf…His ability to yet turn this tragedy for the good of those who love Him and are the called according to His purpose….
Facebook family, I urge that you not grieve our Father by engaging in racial wars online or otherwise as a result of this as in times past…satan’s bold and it’s time for the. Church to be bolder…to humble ourselves before God, turn from our wicked ways, and then He will hear from Heaven and heal our land. I really didn’t expect this to be this long, but I’m being obedient…so fb what’s your response to God’s ability?#smh#1somuchbetter#Godwillrepay#VengeanceisHis
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listening to God’s voice alone.
Hebrews 6:1-12 (NLT)
6 So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds[a] and placing our faith in God. 2 You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And so, God willing, we will move forward to further understanding.
4 For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come— 6 and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.
7 When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God’s blessing. 8 But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.
9 Dear friends, even though we are talking this way, we really don’t believe it applies to you. We are confident that you are meant for better things, things that come with salvation. 10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers,[b] as you still do. 11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. 12 Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance.
I’m grateful for God’s grace with me and I’m not putting myself on a pedestal because when I saw it I was angry too. Yet, while anger rose, My Savior in me rose higher. Had this issue happened closer to home, I can’t say my reaction would be the same. Regardless, I’m still grieved at the what I consider satan’s way of tricking us into corporate genocide.
Times like these make me wish I knew the time or the date when Jesus would return. It makes me long for a home free of all this death.
©2015 Nadia Davis. All Rights Reserved.
Better Not Bitter 
Want to get your thoughts and reactions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKUXnz0QGc
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I noticed two responses on here so I just copied my last reply…
I love it…I watched the link and I really think you make an excellent point. Your mention of “Other” brought back some really powerful yet somewhat funny circumstances that recall. I suppose I’ve always been a bit rebellious when it came to societal norms, but I do recall that right before 9/11 happened, I’d dated an Egyptian guy briefly and I remember struggling with how I would share the news with my mother. I stumbled around it saying, “Well, I met someone. He’s African and now lives in America so technically he is African American. At the time, I didn’t realize the unequally yoked situation, but shortly after 9/11. He decided that he was going to be Cuban. I know that sounds way off, but when everything happened suddenly every other race was unified. He was very “Americanized” I guess so when he wore a baseball cap, he actually looked Hispanic. I hadn’t considered it before because I just thought he was handsome. Ewe…even saying that now makes me shriek a bit…The funny thing is…I remember before meeting him personally, I’d assumed he couldn’t speak English and walked right passed him talking to a friend of mine about how “I don’t care how good he looks, I’m not covering up in shrouds for anybody!” Typing that statement makes me shutter, but I suppose that is what I had been conditioned to believe. Of course the next day, he struck up a conversation with me in perfect English and let me know that he knew exactly what I said the day before. We laughed it off, but it was a lesson learned in assumption that I wish more people would consider before making an–well, you know, out of themselves like I did that day. Sorry this is so long, but I’ll definitely include it and I’ll shared it in social media as well. This is definitely something I will be covering further…thanks for the attention and info.
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I would love to share this with you to get your thoughts and reactions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKUXnz0QGc
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I love it…I watched the link and I really think you make an excellent point. Your mention of “Other” brought back some really powerful yet somewhat funny circumstances that recall. I suppose I’ve always been a bit rebellious when it came to societal norms, but I do recall that right before 9/11 happened, I’d dated an Egyptian guy briefly and I remember struggling with how I would share the news with my mother. I stumbled around it saying, “Well, I met someone. He’s African and now lives in America so technically he is African American. At the time, I didn’t realize the unequally yoked situation, but shortly after 9/11. He decided that he was going to be Cuban. I know that sounds way off, but when everything happened suddenly every other race was unified. He was very “Americanized” I guess so when he wore a baseball cap, he actually looked Hispanic. I hadn’t considered it before because I just thought he was handsome. Ewe…even saying that now makes me shriek a bit…The funny thing is…I remember before meeting him personally, I’d assumed he couldn’t speak English and walked right passed him talking to a friend of mine about how “I don’t care how good he looks, I’m not covering up in shrouds for anybody!” Typing that statement makes me shutter, but I suppose that is what I had been conditioned to believe. Of course the next day, he struck up a conversation with me in perfect English and let me know that he knew exactly what I said the day before. We laughed it off, but it was a lesson learned in assumption that I wish more people would consider before making an–well, you know, out of themselves like I did that day. Sorry this is so long, but I’ll definitely include it and I’ll shared it in social media as well. This is definitely something I will be covering further…thanks for the attention and info.
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