HEAVENLY INCLINED...: RACISM IS REDUNDANT, RIDICULOUS, & IRRATIONAL, SINCE NO ONE CAN CHANGE THEIR SKIN!!!

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

RACISM IS REDUNDANT, RIDICULOUS, & IRRATIONAL, SINCE NO ONE CAN CHANGE THEIR SKIN!!!

I have NEVER in my days on Earth, walked around considering what colour my skin is as I go! It doesn't ever seem important to me, as *GOD* made me the colour I am; it IS an EXTERNAL feature of me, and I am more concerned with developing, and improving the REAL me, which is from the heart, and soul! I am extremely concerned that someone can MAKE another persons skin more powerful, or important than it is! The skin has NO POWER whatsoever, it is a shell; a housing---

I can't believe it when someone has to use skin colour against another to justify theirs! I can see NO SENSE in this whatsoever, AND it is negative, as well as pure incitement! I don't CARE what colour I am, and I sure don't care what colour YOU are, SO WHY should I be confronted with such an issue???

NO ONE can alter their skin colour; but the INNER being CAN be perfected, THEREFORE, WHY all of the focus on what CAN'T be changed, but the absolute IGNORING of what CAN be? Isn't it interesting that we can change our haircolour, or our eye colour, and so forth, BUT WE CANNOT CHANGE the colour of our skin? *GOD* ENSURED THAT, I have NO doubt!!!

Prejudice and bias, and other negatives are different than racism premised solely upon the colour of the skin, although they might be used for such, and they CAN be corrected through virtue, and willingness to grow...

We are broken into variations, FOR *GOD'S* OWN purposes! Inside we are ALL HUMANS, we bleed the same, we breathe the same air, we are WAY MORE COMMON than we know!!!

There is NO POWER in skin colour! One might cause it to seem so, but REALLY? HOW could that be? Skin is tissue, veins, and other criteria which is COMMON to ALL, but which is varied via pigmentation, and that, NOT by choice, BUT SHOULD be accepted BECAUSE *GOD* MADE each the way HE wants them to be! To give power to something powerless is like, a TOTAL WASTE of time, and energy, SERIOUSLY, AND that which CREATES UNNECESSARY rifts, drama, oppression, violence, and many other negatives, and for WHAT???

It IS getting crazier by the day on this planet, and I tell you, we ALL NEED TO STOP, THINK, and GET A GRIP as what is about to happen is more destructive than 50 volcanoes erupting at the same time, AND most of the pressure IS MAN-MADE, as well as ABSURDLY FRIVOLOUS TO REALITY, since it is EGO MANUFACTURED, and FAULTY AS IT GETS!!!

We need RESOLUTION, and CONCLUSION TO our problems, NOT more of the same, or worse, contrived by emotions, irrationality, hatred, and other damaging behaviours! The ONLY way to SETTLE things once and for all, IS TO BE OPEN TO THE FACTS of us BEING THE SAME, despite our OUTWARD differences, and those of culture!!!

We ARE near the end, it seems, since more and more are hell bent on destroying anyone who isn't like them, or doesn't agree with them, HENCE, THE INCONTESTABLE URGENCY TO TURN TO THE LORD *GOD*, for ONLY HE SHALL LEAD us past, and through, or steady the shaking foundations on which we stand! SEEK CHRIST JESUS, NOT the silly, reckless compensation of something that CANNOT be compensated for, and is NOT ours to demand compensation for!!!

LOVE *GOD*, LOVE OTHERS, LOVE YOURSELF AS HE HAS CREATED YOU, and WORK through ALL HE HAS PROVIDED FOR YOUR SAKE TO GROW INTO WHOM YOU TRULY ARE, NOT a product of the world, but OF THE HEAVENS!!!

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT part of the problems! NONE of the gibberish, and unrest we have today IS based upon RIGHTEOUSNESS, instead, upon carnality, selfishness, and greed for powers that are NOT ours in the first place!!!