Christian Inspiration - Blog Posts
“Dear Lord adove the heavens, beyond worlds and who always know:
Please, revelate me the mistery of this awful need of being always alone, on my own.
Please, revelate me the understanding of what is wrong in me, or what is wrong around, so I can be able of changing.
Please, just revelate me what I dont deserve to know, so I can finally understand the why of many of my troubles.
I know in my bones that they are not of this plane. I know it because this tiredness is not a human struggle.
Thank you, and may my soul softens and bless you one more time".
Pre-Colonial Africa
The book ‘Pre-Colonial Black Africa’ written by Cheikh Anta Diop wrote the text entitled ‘’Pre-Colonial Africa’’ because no one has looked at the history of Africa before colonialism. Researchers tend to look at Africa afterward, and even more so the condition of what its people have survived against European oppression. (xi.) Until now…. the history of Black Africa has always been written with dates as dry as laundry lists and no one has ever tried to find the key that unlocks the door to the intelligence, the understanding of Africa. It is also used as a key discussion between the comparisons of Africa in Europe, and a finding at the interesting focus of Africa in each country, how different societies are and how they differ now, the usage of the caste system, and the ecosystem benefited each person, slave, chief, and noble.
He conducted his research thoroughly, by looking heavily into the societies of ancient Africa, their caste systems, and their hierarchies throughout each society in various countries and empires, like Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, the most powerful empires. The history of their empires, their politics, their religions, and their way of life is described in perfect detail, showcasing that Africa was not the primitive world in which everyone on the globe, including Europe and America, believes they are. The author explains that through intense research into the countries of Africa, their traditions, their beliefs, their politics, African, or black contribution could be seen in modern Europe, from Italy with the Moors, since they colonized it, to Britain; and that 2) yes, Africa was at a great disadvantage with Western colonialism, but that does not mean that Africa was a ‘backwater’, in a sense. (pg. 74) But, as you can well be imagined, such clans were far from being as primitive as one might offhand have thought: They were not without the after-effects of the earlier imperial epoch. That is why ethnologists, to their immense surprise, but without exception, always discover in the organization, but are more advanced; they often do not hesitate to attribute this to a phenomenon of degeneration, supposing that these populations, living today in so primitive a state, had in the past experienced some forgotten great period.
On pg.40, Diop researches briefly the Middle Ages, where knowledge relapsed enormously, but at the time of Charlemagne, the knowledge which had vegetated in the monasteries became vast, where it spread out to Ireland and England; then he talks about the Greeks and the Turks, especially Aristotle, the only Greek philosopher to be studied and was considered on the thinkers of the Middle Ages. Basically, a recalling of European politic-social evolution, and switches to a detailed comparative study on African politico-social organizations, and the second method is the citing Al Bakri and Ibn Khaldun concerning the empire of Ghana (tenth and eleventh centuries), and Battuta on the Empire of Mali (1352-1353). So, why did Africa and its imperial system not create a capitalistic system of their own? Different from Europe is that the meaning of the word, ‘capitalism’ is based on the idea of individualism. Africa, at the time, had no sense of that word.
Since there was a caste system held in support, there was no power struggle and no competition needed. The king and the little local lord knew that they owned slaves and that they ruled the entire country, the extent of which they knew perfectly well and whose inhabitants paid them a specified tax. Yet they never felt that they owned the land. The African peasant’s situation was, therefore, diametrically opposed to that of the serf bound to the soil and belonging, along with the land he cultivated, to a lord and master. There was no economic or sociologic reason for capitalism, since in Africa, poor or rich, the people had viable access to resources; From an economic viewpoint, Africa is characterized by abundance. Travelers of the precolonial era encountered no poverty there; according to the Tarikh el Fettach, the emperor of Ghana, seated upon a ‘platform of red gold,’ daily treated the people of his capital of ten thousand meals. Such material comfort resulted in an increase in demographic density scarcely imaginable today…Modern capitalism, wherever it may be found, is a European export and not the result of natural local evolution. It came to Africa with exploitation and usage of greed.
Because Him’s Alive
Watch the video!! It’s really good stuff! Promise!
Also lil somethin I finally connected this week
Easter comes from the word East, which is the direction that the sun rises from each and every day. Sun rises are often symbols of literal new days. New hopes. Fresh Beginnings. I think it’s a beautiful metaphor that of all the titles we could call this holiday, we ch pose the simple reminder that because the Son did rise, we can all rise again as well. 🌅🌱 Happy Easter Y’all🌱🌅
Please please please remember that God loves you in ways you can’t even imagine and because of Him, you can always change, you can always grow, and are never alone in doing so 🫂🧡🌱
Relentless
Relentless (adj): continuing in a determined manner without any interruption.
I hope that I word this well enough to adequately get my feelings across but I had a little thought today about Jesus love for all of us.
And one specific scripture comes to mind. Roman 8:38-39 which reads
“38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
While reading this, the definition of the word relentless also comes to mind. This meaning, Jesus’ love for us is the real deal. It’s not going away whether we feel like we deserve it or not.
I know what that’s like. Thinking that there’s this…version I have to be before I become worthy of His or anybody’s love. I know what it’s like to feel like I have earn, work or prove that I’m perfect to some degree or fashion to just be worth the time and effort of acknowledgment.
It’s such a sad little lie that I’ve unfortunately been believing for most of my life. But the cool thing with getting older, is a little bit of maturity and perspective. And some of that perspective has led me to see my relationship with Jesus and His love for me just a smidge differently.
Now, in my head, I just imagine Jesus donning the outfit of a linebacker or something football related. He’s plopping his helmet on top of his head as he gets down in his hike ready position before he starts booking it down the field, full on tackling the obstacles and sins of life that prevent His love from getting through. Literally doing EvErYtHiNg in His power to try and reach me.
And the best part? It’s not just me. He’s trying to reach US. Because WE are His end goal. Now. Always. AND forever.
That love is perfect and eternal and it NEVER changes in intensity or direction.
Jesus is constantly, relentlessly pursing us with His arms WIDE open to receive us home.
So come home friend. In anyway that means to you. Let yourself be loved and know that you ARE enough. You ARE loved. 🫂💙✨
Art credit goes to THE incredibly talented @samlo.es on Instagram. Totally worth checking out if you ever get the chance!
Light the World Prompt for day 7: Compliments
Howdy *waves* I am a verbal processor. A random starting line I know, but I promise it’ll be worth it in the end if you keep reading. As a verbal processor that means I need to discuss or talk things out enable to put organization to the unorganized chaos that is my mind. This unfortunately means that I am talking preeeeeettty much most of the time😅
However, one good thing about this is that I live by the saying “If you see something, say something.” That means that when I saw something SO impactful that the I immediately wanted to tell someone about it because it excited me or intrigued me. So when I compliment you, it means I saw something in you that I just got so excited to see that I just had to tell you, so you could get excited too!
So Friend, lemme tell you what I see:
I see you there Friend, tired and hurting from the struggles of your life. I see you, getting up every day and doing your best to do something. I see you reaching out to help friends and family members even when sometimes nobody takes the time to help you. I see you sitting by yourself with a lonely sigh. I see you, crying into your pillow alone at night. I see you sick and tired of not being heard or misunderstood. I see you putting your heart and soul into whatever the work it is you do, and while it may never get the attention it deserves, it’s still beautiful.
YOU are beautiful. Yes, I’m looking at you. I see YOU. You’ve got a beautiful soul friend, one that is uniquely yours. It’s brilliant, Darlin’. And in a world that keeps getting increasingly dark, we need YOUR light. Yes, YOURS! Because it’s simply a better place when you are HERE.
Don’t let ANYBODY tell you otherwise (feel free to dm me if you need me to fight someone) and that includes yourself. You ARE worth the time. You ARE worth the effort n the love. Simply because YOU. ARE. WORTH. IT.
In whatever way you say it, I love you friend. And just in case nobody told you today:
I’m grateful you’re here. I’ve never seen a smile quite like yours. *grins* Ah there it is! Look at how beautiful you are. Keep smiling like that, Beautiful. You deserve it and the world.
Don’t EVER forget how much good you AlReAdY do. Don’t EVER forget how loved you already are.😊🧡✨
Here’s my big boi with the biggest heart I know, to help send the message home. If you EVER need a reminder, please feel free to talk to me. You don’t ever have to go whatever it is alone, ok?🧡