Are we ashamed of our Roots?

 Of our parents or ancestors? . . . of our traditions?. . .of our friends and family of the land that witnessed our first cry?  I guess we all were in one moment or another for myriad of reasons; especially at that age when we think we know it all, and later we wished we had never done what we did to any of them, and treat our children the same way our parents did, which seemed embarrassing in front of our friends at the time, but we end up doing the same thing we criticized then. And why is that?, because we grow wise. That’s the way life was designed by our Creator, to be able to comply with His wish for us, which is to love one another; to love God first, our parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends and our neighbors as our selves.  And why was it that we were ashamed of them?  Could it be that the “friends” we hung around with could not tolerate to see our old fashion family loving us, or that they were so “smart” they wanted to take their place to step all over us? When we hang around with that type of friends who simply agree with us when we talk bad of our roots, they are probably looking to destroy us. The smart people are the ones who realize that on time and return to the way they used to be for they see that to hate their roots is a weakness; a lack of knowledge. The common sense people that hear anyone talking bad about his/her roots do not think one is wise rejecting his/her own on account of “whatever”, but that one is a fool for leaving the only ones who really love him/her and that would do anything, or pay any price for him. If your people leave you, who will take care of you? Will the enemy? That is the “friends” you hate your people for.

The same thing happens with God. Many people reject Him when they feel ashamed to be followers because they hate to be considered “crazy- fanatics”. But when they realize what The Father did in order to save His children from eternal condemnation, not only do they want to become crazy-fanatics, but want all their loved ones to be that too. He is the only ONE who paid the price to save us from eternal nightmare, because if dying means that there’s no more living, like many people think, our souls rest for good, but we are eternal because we were created in God’s likeness: Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;

 (Genesis 1.26 a) so we will not Rest in Peace. We will resuscitate to peace if we believed in Jesus or to eternal agony if we did not. That is why we, Christians insist, because we do not want anyone to perish. That is why we cry when people do not understand and fail to study the Word of God. That is why we suffer when someone who once believed, does not resist the enemy’s attack and gets corrupted. That is why we, parents, suffer when our children who are so vulnerable go after the worthlessness of this world, because they are not prepared. That is why God told Eve and Adam they would die if they were disobedient. They did not die immediately, but eventually, they and their descendants would.

But God in his great Love provided a way in Jesus, so that whoever believes in Him does not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that it might be saved through Him. (John 3.16, 17) That is why it is wise to become one of His family to be loved and cared for by Him. He provides a way to make us feel good and be proud of Him. Jesus said:  For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels. (Mark 8.38)