The Truth Because It Simply Is

What images does the word slavery invoke? Does that one word have the power to incite a riot? Does it stir feelings of hatred and oppression because slavery may be over but it is not forgotten? There are many issues in our world still today. A mark on American history is that ugly word slavery. But it was not only America who practiced the cruelty of slavery but the entire world. America should be celebrated for the war on abolishing slavery and overcoming such a detestable pratice. It will never be forgotten but it should be a reminder of the debasement of mankind and why we can never go there again.
The idea of a free world where all men are created equal and have inalienable rights such as the pursuit of happiness really is the American dream. In this "free" world not only are people not owned but they have a right to believe and say what they want. We have the birth of religious freedom and speech. Evereyday on this earth people die trying to come to what is known as "free" America. There are many blacks who contributed to this freedom we have today and Isabella Baumfree born in 1797, was one of them. She was born a slave but died a free woman in 1883. A political activist against slavery, she was the first black woman to ever take a white man to court and win. She aided in raising black troops during the Civil War. You may know her by her adopted name she took in 1843 as Sojourner Truth. She changed her name as she claimed by the instruction of the Holy Spirit after she became a Methodist and got saved. She announced, "The spirit calls, me I must go." And go she did to preach about God and abolitioning slavery. She also spoke publicly about women's rights and religious tolerance.
Her story as a slave was not an uncommon one. But once Sojourner Truth received the love of God it changed her whole life. What love would an abused slave feel? How could she even believe that God is a God of love after experiencing and witnessing all she had? I have lived not as a slave but I have lived in my life without love. I did not know the meaning of true love nor did I have it in my life. Until I came to God and received his love I was lost and hopeless. As a child and young adult I was physically and verbally abused. As a woman I have experienced the violent act of rape. All of which Miss Truth suffered quite more extensively than I. I know that it is difficult to look around this broken world and think there is a God who cares. I have been there. But what I will be comemerating this Easter is an act of love that supercedes all I can think or imagine.The crucifixation and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We do not have to be genius to see the effect of choosing hate instead of love on mankind. The acts that we committ are so hurtful. To treat other human beings with such ill regard and no value is exactly what our constitution was formed to prevent. The constituiton did not lead me to God's love but it allows the free expression of it. And for that I am so thankful. I have always found it to be fascinating that slaves in chains would be praising God! How amazing is that? There are many remembered slave hymns that were sung by those beautiful people in chains. A former slave trader himself was saved and responsible for writng one of the most famous hymns of all time. That would be Amazing Grace.
The slaves could receive God's love because they knew it was not God's will for men to choose the evil that they were doing. It is all about choices. You can choose. That is not only the beauty of God but the beauty of America. I get to freely worship my "choice" of God and speak openly about it. This is not true in many countries around the world. Sojourner Truth went to proclaim the truth about God's love and real freedom. She impacted the lives of all around her because she became more than physically free she became spiritually free in her heart that only a realtionship with God can provide and that my friends is true freedom.