The Sleeping Christ

[Ozzie Smith Jr]

Amen Rev Shelton!  The fear of the storm and the Christ are aptly lifted in this message.  It still amazes me that there are yet too many church folk so fearful of Christ that they would rather leave than love.  That a church would have to have countless meetings to consider membership of persons of color sounds so ridiculous now!  However, all one needs to do is travel back to consider the tenor of those times--fear made people hate what they had named and misunderstood through racism.

 

Rev Shelton boldly revisits a storm whose wake is somewhat Katrina-esque--we're getting there glacially!  It is a wake in which we live, but yet a problem we live with!  Moreover, when I hear the likes of some politicians term the current administration as Obama-oppression, my blood boils and a storm still brews within.  Nevertheless, I believe and call on the sleeping Jesus in my own spirit to calm that rage--only he can do that!  I too must remember that this is not all about ME! 

 

I thank God for Rev Shelton's bold sharing of a storm that is yet with us--quiet but somewhat howling.  Thanks Day1 for a powerful lift!

 

Ozzie Smith

[cox_...@bellsouth.net]

Great job Ozzie. Thanks friend. Billy

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From: Ozzie Smith Jr
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:50:28 -0700 (PDT)
To: <Da...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [Day1:1088] The Sleeping Christ

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Thanks Billy!

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From: cox_...@bellsouth.net
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:14:55 +0000
To: <Da...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [Day1:1089] Re: The Sleeping Christ