“Now I Trust that you will understand, even to the end.” Jesus tells me in this moment.

Wow. It is about being the bridge between black and white. Our job is to deliver people out of this suffering, to comfort them and to provide a sanctuary for them, if and only if, they behave. They must understand this is not a get out of jail free card, no. This is an opportunity to receive God on a massive scale, an impactful scale, because they are children of God. Their environment has taught them that violence is the answer to all of their problems. No, it is not. Peace is and peace shall remain. Because God said so and this is my anointing. The OIL is thick.

Luke 1:37

New King James Version

³⁷ For with God nothing will be impossible.

Be the change. Be the Advocate. Sit there with them. Stand there with them. By showing up you give them a shield. The Christ within you is the shield for them and the shield for you.

Waking everyone up to the Light, not just the oppressed. No. When you stand with the oppressed in the face of the oppressors, you cause immediate change. The oppressed might not see it, but us, the faithful, we know the Power of God in us. We know that when we stand with the broken and the oppressed that God has sent us to do it. Therefore, it is not even us holding the space, it’s God.

How do you stand with an ex-con that knows nothing but disrespect and darkness? You don’t. You insert, speak and then get the heck out of there. They have their own work with God to do. BUT Progress is the Process.

This is my calling – to stand in the midst of racial injustice and know that just showing up is enough. They have been through an entire life of slavery. Today, by the power of faith, we free them because we love them. We free them by sitting with them. We free them by showing them that not all white people hate them. We free them by showing them that we will walk with them. We free them by being a buffer for them. We free them by bringing the Living Word to them. We free them by bringing them to the Eucharist. When we free them the ripples are from God. They do the impossible and never end,

In Jesus name. Amen.