The Harvest has come?
This principle applied to the Civil Rights Era as well....
A "seed" of non-violence was "sown" for a non-violent "harvest."
The "harvest" was not immediate; but it did come.
Every aspect of living that African Americans engage in today: voting, employment, education, public transportation and dining, entertainment (movies, skating, bowling, etc) is a direct or indirect "harvest" from the "seeds" sown by those Elders who received violence in their non-violent protests.
They sowed the "seeds" so that we could reap the "harvest."
So, every day that you go to work,every time you take a plane, bus, or train...every time you dine-IN at a restaurant, not being served through a back door,
or stay at a motel/hotel
or go to the movies,
or go shopping for groceries/household items and not have to stand aside and wait for any WHITE customers to be served before YOU...
or every time you go into a dressing room to try on some clothes (because no Black woman could put a dress on her body that a WHITE woman would try on and buy)...
every time you open the door to your home or apartment,
Do please remember those "seeds" they sowed for us to "harvest."
I do believe that the seed of peace, in terms of non-violence will reap a great benefit but, I do not believe it has come yet, and I do not believe today, that it has come with the vote. Today, the vote has led to WAR and that has nothing to do with 'the seed of non-violence'.
And that's just it [concerning the list, 'everytime I reflect on the terrible discrimination on my job and hear the comments from other AA, everytime I have to plan transportation around my finances, everytime, I think about the mind deception put out in the theatres that i have to speak about to my kids, everytime I go to the grocery store and think about my finances...I am so reminded of the deception of freedom and equality.
The school busing issue as a specific issue during that time, and because of deception, I am reminded of how I struggled to provide SAFE transportation for my kids...
Today, the prison systems also prove that the harvest still has not come.
In terms of the Bible;
I believe that sowing good seeds of peace and non-violence can be applied to study in respect to THE ALMIGHTY GOD. But as Sister Blaklioness prompted, i believe that PERSPECTIVE needs to be considered as well, especially in terms of GOVERNMENT.
I believe that no matter whether the Democratics won or the Republicans won the vote, WAR was already begun and now, my perspective is to figure out how to support our government and at the same time not support issues involved in war that would promote senseless killings and human sacrifice. i believe in NATIONAL SECURITY but, why did America initiate this war? Was it 911, or was it due to unfair trade?...
In Biblical study, when the Hebrews were enslaved and in captivity in Egypt, they were in a position of suppression and only the ALMIGHTY GOD delivered them. During the time of the Judges, the Hebrews wanted 'a king' and hundreds of years later, they reap the REPERCUSSIONS in a terrible mode because their kings became evil and they were blamed for operating a negative government detrimental to humanity. When the Jews petitioned against Jesus and shouted for Roman rule, about 30 years later, they were slaughtered and driven out of their homelands by the Roman government and, therefore, they reaped a terrible harvest.
In essence, I believe that we as a people can sow good seeds and/or evil seeds of which will reap accordingly. i believe that this subject of SEEDTIME AND HARVEST needs to consider the very question put forth by Sister Blaklioness because, in my opinion, many AA have not reap a good harvest yet and need to set their sights higher than what this government offers.
In my opinion, it seems ironic that Dr. martin Luther King represented non-violence and equality for AA and now, here we are supporting a war! It's like a double standard. What kind of harvest do we reap from this?