There is a video circulating the internet called "The DNA Journey." While I'm going to share this, it's ridiculous that millions of Americans need to be reminded that they are connected literally through DNA. We get stuck in the vastness of our immediate surroundings that we forget how small (literally) Earth really is.
i have never wanted to take this test because 1.) I know that my heritage has a history I know absolutely nothing of. Most African Americans can't trace their ancestry back more than 3 generations. 2.) It has always been clear to me that the answers man can provide will never negate facts. The facts that I don't need DNA to prove are everywhere. Why would I be haughty about my "identity?" What about the fact that we all breath in the same air and exhale the same carbon dioxide? What about the fact that no matter where on Earth you live, we all walk above molten magma that is inside the core of our planet? Whether you're on the Western Hemisphere or the Eastern, guess what: the same sun and moon greet you. Whether you are a billionaire or homeless, at some point, we all die: leaving this earth with the same question we have had all our lives. What will it be like "on the other side?" Because we have NO clue. Why do we need man-made technology to remind us of our commonality, when all around us God has made it very clear that we are all here together. This journey is not some great reminder to me. This is annoying to watch. It's a constant reminder that people have not only boxed themselves in; we have allowed our devices and our divisions to separate a world we honestly have no control over. Want proof that we have no control. Look at natural disasters. Hurricanes rip through countries and states without recognition of their borders. God does not care about our divisions! He made us. And if there are those who think God favors one race over the other I'd ask them to prove it. Did God stop death for your people? Did God put a pause on disease for your people? Have you escaped the need to breath and are you living on land other than the crust on which the rest of the world walks? No?! I'm shocked! Really. 😒 The only sovereign one is God. Believers in His son are not sovereign because we know the Truth. The fact that so many racist people believe my faith sometimes sickens me. The Bible does not exalt believers. In fact, it reminds us that we are to value others ABOVE ourselves. What about Israel? Weren't they God's chosen? Well to that I say this: Did not Jesus preach to Gentiles (foreigners) and Jews. In John 4, Jesus spoke of a water that quenches thirst forever to a Samaritan woman at a well. Even in her awe she addressed the division between her people and the Jews. Jesus debunked her smallness with this statement. ““Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.” John 4:21 NIV If Jesus, the son of God, looked past his sovereignty to save a people who would kill each other over divisions he doesn't even acknowledge, HOW MUCH MORE ARE YOU REQUIRED TO LOOK PAST YOUR FEEBLE SOVEREIGN IDENTITY? I am not writing this to appeal to racists. The video appeals to racism. To be frank, that is another reason why I don't like it. I am writing this as a reminder for myself. This is a glorious beacon for my soon coming child, that racism is feeble. Racism is small minded. There are millions of other planets in space; most are bigger than ours. I'm writing this to remind my child that there are millions of reasons to be humble. These are just a few that I could mention.
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