It's not About the Date...It's the Day.

Easter Sunday is the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs after the Spring equinox. 

That means Easter Sunday can be anytime between March 22 and April 25 on the calendar.

Listen, the date of Easter Sunday is not what's important to Christians for that date is a moving target on the calendar. What occurred on Easter Sunday means EVERYTHING to us.

We celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday WHENEVER that date is on the calendar. This year, it's celebrated on March 31st. Next year, we'll celebrate it on April 20th.

Why are some Christians in an uproar about events that are occurring on March 31st when the date itself is not important to Christians? 

We can't allow political wrangling to distract us from what's REALLY important: Celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Hallelujah! He is risen! 🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Just keepin' it real...

A Mirror That Reflects the Hidden

My bluntness may seem harsh to some folk. I hope they also understand that my heart is soft.

Having said that, I'm absolutely fed up with the blatant hypocrisy that's going on in the Church (the body). 

I used to have no problem whatsoever with recognizing hypocrisy and keepin' it movin'. My attitude was, "It's not me, not my problem...oh well." Now, it's like a switch flipped and the dissatisfaction and indignation burns deep; especially, when folk TRY to cloak it under the cover of "The Lord told me or the Lord said".

If I feel this way about hypocrisy, can you imagine how the Lord feels about it?

If I can see it, don't you know those who don't know Christ can see it as well? If you don’t know it, they do and jeer about it.

It's like folk have become numb, anything goes, and everything gets a pass. Things the Church use to call out and rebuke are now being reasoned and excused away. We no longer call a spade a spade.

Self-proclaimed prophets are prophesying lies to the people for financial gain and personal/political agendas, and their targets--lacking discernment--trail after them hungrily consuming their lies, waiting for more.

Some preachers no longer preach holiness, but instead preach feel good sermons to keep the pews filled and the dollars rolling in. Some live raggedy lives like holiness is optional and not a command.

A cheerleader's cheer can’t serve as a mirror for some folk, they'll just soak up the "feel good" atmosphere, not really getting what's being said--the message.

I am not a cheerleader. 

There's no mistaking the mirror of someone who "cries loud and spares not". It definitely doesn't give you the warm and fuzzies. It jars out of complacency, invades comfort zones, and drives away the numbness. It will anger you because it reflects those "hidden" places so stuff can be dealt with.

We know what we should do and where we should be because we talk like we're doing it and have arrived. But oh, if we would just walk the talk, the hypocrisy would cease...

Just keepin' it real...

God help us! 🙏🏽

No Way!

There's no way you could have made me believe folk would be fighting tooth and nail to make a criminal, corrupt, and bigoted individual the leader of this Nation.

I would have thought you were under demonic influence and in error if you had told me Christians would also vigorously support this person. In addition, that they would worship him--or any man for that matter. NO WAY! Just no...

This is why I felt like I'd been blindsided during the 2020 election. I felt like I'd woken up from a deep sleep and my world had shifted into something unfamiliar, strange, and...dark.

Family ties and friendships were being severed, anger and hate hovered over this Nation like a cloud, folk (Christians, too) were committing murder with their tongues, Christians were calling their brothers/sisters-in-Christ demons and condemning them to Hell for daring to have different views and not falling in step, and nastiness had become the norm. How in the world did we get there? How did the Church become mired in such ugliness? When and how did cult mentality creep into the Church and become normalized? 

Now, I consume news. I watch electronic records of what's being said and by whom. I pay attention to what Christian friends and leaders are supporting and approving, and keep an eye on what's happening to the laws of this land.

It's troubling and most times, I wish I just DIDN'T know. BUT I refuse to fall asleep and wake up to an even worse situation, clueless (again) about how we got there. 

Sometimes, I get angry, disgusted, saddened, and frustrated by what I see and hear. But you know what? I have an assurance that whatever happens in this Nation, Toni's little space in it is going to be alright. 

Just keepin' it real...