Of course they matter, but not only Black. Like the song we used to sing says: “Red and Yellow, Black or White, all are
precious in His sight. . .”
The lyrics that precede the song “Everything is Beautiful” are from a
song I used to sing when I was a child on Sunday School: “Jesus
Loves the little children,” and there I was taught that God is Love and He
loves everyone the same, no matter what they look like, or the language they speak,
or even what they do (although we know that if we love Him, we
would do what He likes of us.) And His love for anyone is so true that when His
Son was being crucified by the ones in power He interceded for them: Father,
forgive them,for they do not know what they are doing (Luke 23.34) and that
is real love. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5.8)
As part of a
minority community I feel discriminated with that particular statement because
I feel like I do not matter to whoever thought of it. To me it was purposely
implying to make a division where God’s goodness had asked us to love one
another. But like a phrase I’ve heard “Divide and you shall conquer,” the
spokesman followed the mean advice. And if every one who belongs to a
particular community thinks like I do, and if we think that the particular
person should apologize for it, he or she must prepare to do a lot of talking.
Actually, I do not care whether that person cares for my people or not. The
only One I care about is Jesus who is the only One who really LOVES everybody
the same.
I
used to like it better when the phrase used was “Black is Beautiful” because it
didn’t strike me as better, but simply good, and we are all good. God created
all of us to his image and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1) He
created us different, though so we could identify ourselves and show the world
our own trait and talent. God gave us the talent to do good and not bad, to
build up and not destroy, to try to teach good morals and not to tag people for
their differences. We were good but someone lied and the woman believed and made us all sinners. For
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3.23) We do
not deserve the kingdom He wants to give us. But if we dare to accept Him and
His teachings that are all in the Bible and are good for everyone, we can
become part of his family with the shedding of His blood which makes us pure.
Someone I once knew said, “Colors are not the skin’s shades, but one’s attitude
towards life. If we trust God we’ll have a good one and can be sure of our
great destiny. And what is the good attitude?
To be “born again” which means to completely change our bad habits and
embrace the goodness for all in ministering the good news to others so they do
not have to perish eternally, to love one another by not harming anyone, to
give a good name to our communities by backing God, and not evil.
Blessed be the
God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has
caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and
undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected
by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time. (I Peter 1. 3-5)
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