DO YOU
KNOW ME?
I HAVE
HAIR THAT EXTENDS HALFWAY DOWN MY BACK. DOES THIS MEAN IN THIS DAY AND TIME
THAT I AM A DRUG USER? MY PREFERENCE IN
CLOTHING IS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT BLACK. DOES THIS MEAN THAT I AM EVIL OR
SATANIC? I DO NOT ATTEND CHURCH SERVICES EVERYDAY THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ME.
DOES THIS MEAN I AM CONDEMNED TO BURN IN HELL? WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY ARE SO
EAGER TO PASS JUDGMENT UPON OTHERS SIMPLY FROM THEIR APPEARANCE? WHO DIED AND
EMPOWERED THEM TO BE JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONERS? I WONDER IF THOSE THAT KNEEL
IN THE CHURCHES AND PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS ARE IN REALITY THINKING IN THE
BACK OF THEIR MINDS THAT THEY ARE PRAYING TO A POT SMOKING HIPPIE SIMPLY
BECAUSE HE HAD LONG HAIR? I OFTEN WONDER WHERE IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE THAT
WE ARE TO ASSUME THAT EVERYONE THAT IS NOT EXACTLY JUST LIKE US IN APPEARANCE
AND MANNERS ARE EVIL OR NON CHRISTIAN? I WONDER WHERE IT STATES IN THE BIBLE
THAT WHEN WE STAND BEFORE GOD WE WILL BE CAST OUT BECAUSE WE ADORNED LONG,
HAIR, BLACK CLOTHING, OR FINGERNAIL POLISH?
FOR MANY
YEARS IT WAS THOUGHT THAT WOMAN WHO COLORED THEIR LIPS IN RED AND THEIR
FINGERNAILS IN RED WHERE WORKING LADIES OF THE NIGHT. I SAY LOOK AROUND YOU IN
YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP AT ALL THOSE IN RED.
YOU CAN READ THE BIBLE MY FRIENDS FROM COVER TO COVER AND BELIEVE WHAT
YOU WILL. DO AS MANY AND TWIST THE WORDS TO FIT YOUR OWN WAY OF LIFE. THE
REALITY OF IT IS THAT IN THE END ON THE TRUE DAY OF JUDGMENT YOU WILL NOT BE
JUDGED BY YOUR OUTWARD APPEARANCE BUT BY YOUR GOOD WORKS AND YOUR HEART. SO MANY PEOPLE JUDGE OTHERS BY THEIR
APPEARANCE NEVER GIVING THAT PERSON THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT AND GETTING TO KNOW
THAT PERSON FOR WHOM THEY TRULY ARE. MY POINT IS NOT ABOUT HOW WE PERCEIVE
OURSELVES. INDEED NO MATTER HOW WE LOOK PHYSICALLY WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE CONFIDENT
IN OURSELVES. YET IT IS THE STRUGGLE TO APPEASE THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY THAT
OUR MINDS TELL US WILL NOT ACCEPT US FOR WHO WE ARE THAT DRIVES THE WEAK INTO
THOUGHTS OF SELF HATE AND UN ACCEPTABLENESS IN SOCIETY. THOSE OF YOU THAT GOT
TO KNOW ME FOR ME NO LONGER NOTICED THE PROFILE PICTURES I USED. MY POINT IS A
PERSON COULD LOOK LIKE THE DEVIL AND IN REALITY BE AN ANGEL. IF WE WOULD GIVE
THEM THIS CHANCE AND ACCEPT THEM FOR WHOM THEY ARE. PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE
FEWER PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT STRUGGLE TO FIT IN THAT ARE
DROWNING IN DEPRESSION. HOW HARD IS IT TO JUST BE NICE? OUR WORLD IS ABUNDANT
OF THOSE THAT ARE AWESOME PEOPLE OF EVERY COLOR, EVERY NATIONALITY, AND YES
EVERY RELIGION. THE CHRISTIAN GOD TALKS MORE OF LOVE THAN ANYTHING. SO AS I SAY
MOST OFTEN.
LOVE TO
LIVE AND LIVE TO LOVE MY FRIENDS.
THESE
ARE MY THOUGHTS:
MUCH
LOVE…….MORPHEUS’
