When I think about God’s omniscience and omnipotence, I am grateful for the variety that He has bestowed upon the earth. No two creations are exactly the same. Whether it be animal, vegitable, mineral, or human; all are individual and therefore, different. Yet, collectively is there true strength and beauty.
I love flowers, and I definitely have my favorites, one of which is the sunflower. The sunflower grows in the most obscure places, standing tall and majestic in the midst of weeds. The sunflower is, unapologetically, bright, bold, and glorious; and while it’s very appearance is reminiscent of the sun, it is not the sun, still it has its purpose. For me, there is nothing more breathtaking than a field of sunflowers. Yet, as much as I love sunflowers, how boring it would be, even for me, if all gardens consisted only, of sunflowers. In my eyes, sunflowers are most exquisite, when included in a bouquet, with a variety of flowers. In His omniscience, God had to have known the glory of diversity, therefore in His omnipotence He created a multitude of variety, just look around.
Inasmuch as God is enthralled with the beauty in the variety flowers He created, how much more is He enthralled with differences He bestowed upon mankind. While we are all created in God’s image, we are not God, but in His likeness, are we to love and embrace the gift of racial diversity. Like flowers, we are beautiful among those that resemble us, but God invested extra time and effort in shaping us with His very hands, not that we might be separate in beauty, but that He might be enthralled with our collective beauty, a more excellent creation for His glory.
Diversity is a gift from God, but it is up to us, the recipients, how we choose to display that gift. There is nothing wrong with racial pride. But we are neither to despair nor assume credit for our race creed or color, for not one of us determined our race any more than we chose the family into which we were born. Therefore, racial pride must be manifested in gratitude not oppression. We are not made more beautiful when we trample others, who, in God’s eyes, are equally as beautiful. In fact, it’s the absolute opposite: How ugly we make ourselves and curse our own people, when we not only desecrate the gift of diversity with oppression and racial slurs, but even more vile are we, when in doing so, we spit in the face of the gift giver Himself.
Heavenly FATHER, Thank You for creating me for Your glory. For in Your creation, there is no error. I thank You and I am exceedingly grateful, not only for the diversity of races that you have bestowed in the earth, but likewise for the amazing gift of diversity which you have placed within me as an individual, that You might look upon me and see Your own image manifested in my African, Native American, Asian and Caucasian ancestry. Amen. Thank You LORD!
Commentary: We must grow up. Even if there were such a thing as racial purity (whatever that means), we cannot glory in it; for we did not create ourselves. I’m grateful for my racial heritage, all of it; so, before you call me or anyone else a mutt or any other slur, or oppress them in the way of ArTAXerxes, or any other way, remember, likewise you do unto God. The separation that God spoke of in the Bible was regarding pagans (those who served idol gods) and Christians; not racial supremacy. Yet, we, being grafted in, are to advocate and allow for reconciliation, to God, among all people. Miriam found that out when she rebuked Moses for marrying an Ethiopian woman. Check your DNA profile, you may be surprised. Welcome to the family bro.
PURITY IS INFUSED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS
I love flowers, and I definitely have my favorites, one of which is the sunflower. The sunflower grows in the most obscure places, standing tall and majestic in the midst of weeds. The sunflower is, unapologetically, bright, bold, and glorious; and while it’s very appearance is reminiscent of the sun, it is not the sun, still it has its purpose. For me, there is nothing more breathtaking than a field of sunflowers. Yet, as much as I love sunflowers, how boring it would be, even for me, if all gardens consisted only, of sunflowers. In my eyes, sunflowers are most exquisite, when included in a bouquet, with a variety of flowers. In His omniscience, God had to have known the glory of diversity, therefore in His omnipotence He created a multitude of variety, just look around.
Inasmuch as God is enthralled with the beauty in the variety flowers He created, how much more is He enthralled with differences He bestowed upon mankind. While we are all created in God’s image, we are not God, but in His likeness, are we to love and embrace the gift of racial diversity. Like flowers, we are beautiful among those that resemble us, but God invested extra time and effort in shaping us with His very hands, not that we might be separate in beauty, but that He might be enthralled with our collective beauty, a more excellent creation for His glory.
Diversity is a gift from God, but it is up to us, the recipients, how we choose to display that gift. There is nothing wrong with racial pride. But we are neither to despair nor assume credit for our race creed or color, for not one of us determined our race any more than we chose the family into which we were born. Therefore, racial pride must be manifested in gratitude not oppression. We are not made more beautiful when we trample others, who, in God’s eyes, are equally as beautiful. In fact, it’s the absolute opposite: How ugly we make ourselves and curse our own people, when we not only desecrate the gift of diversity with oppression and racial slurs, but even more vile are we, when in doing so, we spit in the face of the gift giver Himself.
Heavenly FATHER, Thank You for creating me for Your glory. For in Your creation, there is no error. I thank You and I am exceedingly grateful, not only for the diversity of races that you have bestowed in the earth, but likewise for the amazing gift of diversity which you have placed within me as an individual, that You might look upon me and see Your own image manifested in my African, Native American, Asian and Caucasian ancestry. Amen. Thank You LORD!
Commentary: We must grow up. Even if there were such a thing as racial purity (whatever that means), we cannot glory in it; for we did not create ourselves. I’m grateful for my racial heritage, all of it; so, before you call me or anyone else a mutt or any other slur, or oppress them in the way of ArTAXerxes, or any other way, remember, likewise you do unto God. The separation that God spoke of in the Bible was regarding pagans (those who served idol gods) and Christians; not racial supremacy. Yet, we, being grafted in, are to advocate and allow for reconciliation, to God, among all people. Miriam found that out when she rebuked Moses for marrying an Ethiopian woman. Check your DNA profile, you may be surprised. Welcome to the family bro.
PURITY IS INFUSED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS
