Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
REMEMBER "MAY," EVERYDAY!
REMEMBER "MAY," EVERYDAY !
Living on the water, one may get wet. Playing with fire, one may get burned.
Living in racist society, one may become racist. May .
I say "may" because each human is discrete. No human is a robot.
The process of social assimilation is akin to osmosis, where one may absorb, semi-permeably, certain prevailing environmental forces.
Remember that I say "may!"
Not all iron filings are magnetized by nearby magnet. Not all grapes are sweet; not all dogs will hunt .
Accounting for this divine element of uniqueness, of discreetness, is fundamental to solving any issue.
Young David was taken from the sheepcote, remember, by his father, Jesse, whose sheep he was tending, to deliver some food to his 3 older brothers and to their commander. These 3 brothers
were in Israel's army. They were the larger, older of the 8 sons of Jesse, who were too frightened to fight Goliath, as were all in Israel's army.
David was discrete, and unique, not only in the House of Jesse, but in the land of Israel as well. He and he alone was fit and was fitted by his faith in God, by his prior shepherd's experiences & by grace to do battle with the Philistines' champion, the giant braggadocio Goliath. Goliath for 40 days had cursed Israel; its King, Saul, and its God, Yahweh, as being weak wimps and cowardly.
David showed him, didn't he!
He said: "the Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hands of the Philistine". 1 Samuel 17:37. And he surely did!
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+17
Remember "may!" everyday !