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Stroke survivor who loves Jesus. Award-winning Christian author. Chef and cheesecake connoisseur.
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𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵. MLK, Jr.⁣
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁?⁣
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In my view, it means working toward God's heavenly kingdom here on Earth. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. In this world, however, we remain largely segregated by skin tone. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝘀.⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝗜 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻...𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆.  Go out of your way to attend a black or brown church. Use your power and your voice to lift up your brothers and sisters in Christ. Foster authentic friendships with people who don't look like you.⁣
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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗜 𝗯𝗲𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁. I know it is a tall order, but it's one I've seen you rise to again and again.⁣
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