Toni V. Lee

My calling is not yours and yours isn't mine. In other words, we don't wear the same hats in ministry, but we are all working toward the same goal: building up the body of Christ--the Church. We are not all cheerleaders. If you hand some of us pom-poms, they will be waiving in our hands, not as we pump folk up, but as we speak truth to the weights and secrets that are holding them rooted.  Ministries operate differently. Please don't despise ministries that don't look and feel like yours. They are just as effective in walking in their purpose as you. Some encourage and exhort. And do it very effectively because that's the hat they wear. Some of us speak the truth in and out of season. We cry loud and spare not. We have to because it's the "hat" we wear.  For instance, Evangelists will visit a church and rip the covers off of "hidden" actions and sinful thoughts with the truth--for sin separates us from God, then move on leaving the Pastor to ...

For racists, there are only two races: white and non-white. Reading some comments, I'd say there are folk who don't realize they're sitting in the non-white bucket right along with me, sharing the same plight.  I have to wonder who some of these folk actually see when they look in the mirror.  Maybe they've never encountered a racist bold enough to blow their delusions, letting them know which bucket they're actually sitting in.  There is always a racist or closet racist looking for opportunities for regression--to strip away any measures that foster equality.  Some of these folk are being handed the power they need to accomplish this. It's a mistake to become comfortable, believing we have overcome...we are yet overcoming.