On this day we wake up as a nation of people to see the manifestation of God's plan. We have elected the first black president of these united states. A few years ago, and it was just a few, we as a people and this nation as a whole would have never considered, imagined or even entertained the very idea that a man of color would be the Commander in Chief of this country. Just a few years ago this nation could not entertain the idea of black people being in political offices, going to college and obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees that would provide them some of the finer things in life. God gave the vision to Martin Luther King because he was willing to lay down his life....no one took it...he laid it down for US, for the cause of decency for another human being and for the right to enjoy what the Fathers of the Declaration of Independence said were certain 'inalienable rights' for all Americans.
We as a people have come a long way full of struggle, sacrifice of life and transition just to be treated with dignity and respect. To be given a fair and balanced opportunity. Always knowing that GOD would take care of those who held us in bondage, killed our babies, our men, our women and tried to kill our spirits by violence, force and unfair laws. BUT GOD. Just as the children of Israel had to endure certain afflictions and be held captive by certain other cultures and countries, we had to go thru for whatever reason only the Lord will be able to tell why he allowed. I have always believed that just as he lifted them up and out in the presence of their enemies, he would do the same for us because we come from a people to be PROUD of. He loves us just as he loves the children of Israel and he would not let the unjust acts of this country be overlooked.
He has given a man of color the Land and now he will go forth and POSSESS IT ! He has touched the heart of a people whose past ancestors had hearts full of HATE and minds full of IGNORANCE. Who shed innocent blood because of FEAR and has raised up within their generational tree children of intellect, diversity and tolerance. He has touched the heart of the children of slave ancestors and the children of Masters of plantations and created an opening to see each other as humans, to forgive and forget,to try and mend and repair for the sake of our future and the future of our children. America is now more than ever a true melting pot for many people of color. The election of Barack Obama as president of this nation has opened up a window of hope in the hearts and minds of little boys and girls of color now more than ever his election really represents the slogan 'DARE TO DREAM'.
I have cried in amazement. I have praised the Lord with gladness and i have felt my heart leap with JOY at the moving of the Lord on the hearts of the people. I have sat on my couch and remembered my father, my mother's grandfather, my mother in law, her mother and even thought of my great grandmother abby payton who came up in a time when we had to put our heads down just because a white person was coming by. We had to act as though we were dumb animals just to stay alive ! This election is for everyone person of color and every white person that stepped out surrounded by the fear and reality of death to say that the treatment of a people of color in this nation was WRONG !! This election is for FANNIE LOU HAMER who was sick and tired of being sick and tired. Who stood up for the FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY and refused to leave until they were acknowledged by the convention !!
This election is for Viola Liuzzo a white woman who was a mother of five and offered her services to the cause and it cost her LIFE in 1965. This is for her and the sacrifice of her family. This election is also for Rev. Bruce Klunder a white pastor that lost his life standing up for fairness and equality for people of color. A bulldozer rolled over him and crushed him but that could not crush the dream because you can kill the DREAMER but you can not kill the DREAM. You can not stop the vision the LORD has revealed..it will come to PAST ! This election is for JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER..who lost their lives trying to get people of color registerd to vote..the very act that made this POSSIBLE !
This election is for Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson whose lives were stolen and a community was blown away by a bomb planted because of ignorance at the 16th Street Baptist Church. This election is for Vernon Dahmer who used his resources to each out to the hattiesburg community and encourage people of color to vote..he was willing to collect poll taxes for his neighbors to keep them from having to go put themselves in danger at the courthouse. Because of this his home was bombed. He lost his life because of this cowardly act. There are so many black and white who laid down there lives and paved the way with their flesh and blood for this nation to wake up and be FAIR !
FINALLY, I must address the richness of God when he does come and lift his people up in the presence of their enemies. Barack Obama is a product of a union that would get a black man lynched and a white woman killed. He is a product of looking beyond the color of the skin and seeing the person's heart, mind and soul. He is a product of a union that some white women would lie about and make it an act of violence upon them as women. They would say it was RAPE and cause a black man to lose his life whether he actually touched her or not. A simple word could cause a hanging. Barack Obama is a product of a White woman and a Black Man...and not just any black man, a black man STRAIGHT OUT OF AFRICA. Straight out of the bowels of the land of our ancestors that they were stolen from and brought here to this country like cattle. His father was an African. His people are also African and the are also Angelo-Saxon. He is a living testimony that a union of these two race of people can create something good. That a child born from this union is not something deformed or frowned upon by GOD. The very thing America hated has become the thing that will lead it and by the GRACE of God thru gifts of knowledge and wisdom will lead this country out of an economic melt down !! NOW..let us as a nation LOOK TO GOD, SERVE GOD AND PROFESS GOD for only he can bring this nation out. We are suppose to be ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL !!
May God encamp his angels around Barack Obama and his family ! The USA has finally shown that we have come along way. We still have some people who are ignorant when it comes to race but GOD will deal with them . We pray they will be delivered f rom this evil growth in their hearts and minds, but if not, it is up to God if he will have mercy on judgement day. AMEN.
