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.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SAVE US
The federal government will not save black people, regardless of the President. It never has. It never will. It can help. But, we must power the laboring oar!
We have always found a way to free and to save ourselves. We must do so once again. One way to do this is to DIVERT and RECYCLE our money from the banks and the stores we are currently indiscriminately giving our money to, while SELF-INVESTING those funds in ourselves and in our enterprises.
Right now, our adversaries are using our money--whether savings or indiscriminate consumer spending--to beat us down. How efficient!
Diverting is earning! "A penny saved is a penny earned."
Recyling what we have--our "talents"--in the marketplace, in whatever manner we please, promotes internal self-employment, jobs, respect, dignity, and generates additional revenue to divert and recycle.
Hoarding is not helpful, it is harmful. Money, like blood, must circulate. Otherwise, that patient and that economy/community dies. Jesus taught us this in his Parable of the Talents, and his Parable of the Unjust Steward.
COMBINING our efforts is another important lesson taught by Christ. Where two or more are gathered together, in his name, he promised to be in the midst. Two sticks combined are harder to break than one alone, and three is stronger than two. Whatsoever we ask in his name, believing, we shall also receive!
So DIVERT, COMBINE, RECYCLE, INVEST, in Jesus' holy name-- That is one formula to freedom and to personal and national salvation!