For
years now I have been particularly concerned about the fast deterioration of
moral fortitude which is one of the numerous reasons why I answered my Calling
to preach; and later rebuked it.
The
decay is ever-present within today’s generation of tech savvy Smartphone
carrying men and women who lack the ability to speak properly, dress with a
level of respect that honors their families, behave with dignity, count the
correct change without a cash register, and tell time with an analog clock, not
digital.
Generation
after generation there has been a desired probability of Life getting better. After
the Civil Rights Movement there was a huge expectation for a dawn of a new and
better day, not only for African Americans but for all the people who found
themselves under the heel of Western discrimination and domination. Better in the sense of humans choosing
to make decisions that do not negate humanity’s purpose.
The
Change has not come. Day after day…newscast after newscast we are relentlessly
and indiscriminately polluted by the efforts of an irresponsible news media with
atrocities that defines and legitimizes our unwillingness to live by traditions
that exalt morality.
Just
this past week an African maniac with a British accent boldly claimed Allah
instructed him to take a life.
What
makes a man use a vehicle as a weapon to run over another man? What makes God’s
supreme creation stab, cut, and decapitate another human being? The excuse the devilishly
misguided man prefaced in his Jihadist Old Testament scripture laced rant is
terrorism e.g. Matthew 5:38-48.
I agree
the actions of these two demented men caused and promote terror. But, why is
terrorism the reason proclaimed for the evil-intent that wrongfully subsists in
the hearts of God’s Creations? Why…?
Is this
really an incident triggered by a need to impose lex talionis?
Some will
give credence to mental illness…others will remind us that Man has always been
violent and prone to malevolent behavior. If this is the case, why are we
living? What is the purpose of getting up each day knowing that Man is a voided
soul that uses popular justifications
for his shortage of morals?
Ultimately, the sad reality is
that someone will flippantly categorize decayed human acts and behavior as,
‘This is just the way it is,
Muata.’
Really…?
Is this what I have to look forward to as I get older? If so, I am prepared to
die today – I and wholeheartedly primed to take my life…eliminate myself from
this lawless arroyo. Even in our desperation to defeat…Purge our demons, humans
once again will in-motion picture promote Man’s self-induced demise:
And, what
about my children? How do I explain to them that God created Man and Woman, but
allows Man and Woman to emotionally and physically choke the Life out of each
other?
Should I
tell them that Man has made his bed…deathbed? How should I expound on the
insightful inquisitives of a child? When should I inform my children that it
appears Living will be riddled with disappointment and horrible tragedy? How
will I impart bravery (like displayed in the photograph below) in the Face of
Death?
What
should my response be to my child who will eventually look up at me and ask,
‘Daddy, why are
humans so cruel to each other?’
My
response will be short:
‘Man…Male has destroyed human
creation. God has nothing to do with the misfortune that occurs in this world.
Man is the reason for the ongoing self-destruction. You live a life that’s
divinely expected, and then hope and pray the ‘reasons’ for wicked irrational
behavior is not blamed on a tough childhood. And finally, please believe in the
Power of Decision. Despite what others my say and believe, Decision is what you
have before any negative action.’
Muata Nowe
