Dear White Christians

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Jon Odom

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Dear white Christians
As you lay your head in bed
You can hear the sounds go off in the distance
Sounds that sound similar to the way they did 300 years ago
Loud explosions
The sounds of guns and cannons that would impale people
And leave large amounts of lead in their leg
And you'd raise your eyes just to see the old American flag
Torn and tattered
But now 300 years later were lying on the lawn getting old and fatter
And we look up to see colorful lights scatter
You see those lights in the sky
How beautiful the light is amidst the backdrop of night
Don't you see how the colors work in this cohesive effort
To produce a beautiful display
Yet still it's the white that stands out
With the black in the backdrop
So it's safe to say this nation is full of beauty and of pain
Yet we tend to call it the land of the free and home of the brave
Then fail to mention that it was built on the backs of black slaves
Now I understand we ain't perfect
I just wish we would confess it but naw
As Americans idolize success
So why would we face that facade
Meanwhile the media paints wars between black and blue
Black and blue
The color of our countries true skin tone
Now I’m not tryna bash America
I’m just saying it as it is
And I love America
But can you truly love someone for who they are
Flaws and all
If your not willing to admit all they are
For example
People try to see my color without my culture
And I appreciate people who say I don't see color
But then in my head I'm saying then you don't see me
Regardless if your TV came in HD
This world comes with black and white
So please see me
Don’t just accept me because I fit your mold
And live the life of a typical white
Yea I may be a young educated black male
And break statistical barriers
But accept me for my background
Accept me for my culture
Accept me for my language
So even when I don’t sound white or educated
As if those two words are even synonymous
I can know that you don't just expect me to be homogenous
Which come on
Whoever said that was the aim
There's a difference between being uniform and being united
That's what we were meant to be
The United States of America
Now MLK once had a vision of the
True American dream but in 2018
That dream is still not seen
So let's ask 3 questions
Why
Who
And what
Cause you can't go from A to Z without first addressing Y
And there’s many reasons we can list
We can talk about politics
Or the statistics
Or the historical context
Or even the science
And we can blame the system or we can blame the media
But reality is this topic is so much more than you'll find on Wikipedia
And I think part of the problem
Fear
Cause we all have fears
Whether it's the fear of the unknown
Or whats different
Or maybe it's the fear of confronting this issue
But if we let fear control our actions or we’ll stay divided like fractions
So question question
Are you fearing God or man
And what kind of man do you fear
Is it the kind who has his pants a Lil low
Walks a Lil slow and has a skin tone different than your own
Or is it the cop who pulled you over even tho when the light turned red you came to a complete stop
What is it that you fear
Being shot
Being arrested
Or being wrong
See a lot of times if your willing to find your fears you’ll find the rules to which you adhere
But fear is just a small part of a bigger problem
And there are so many other roots
That feed this tree
So you ask what is the seed from which it sprouted
And the church will tell you its sin which in this problem is grounded
So yea I believe the diagnosis is sin
With racism as its symptom and Jesus as the solution
But can we please stop using that tag line to avoid all the pollution
Cause the next question is who
So church I don’t look to the world I look to you
See some people are bold enough to speak
But can we practice what we preach
Cause if we did I know it would change our streets
And this Christianity isn't a white religion
Yet can we tell by the way your livin'
And honestly I don't understand
I don't understand how we can be passionate about
Confronting gays or fighting for sex slaves
But when it comes to race
No one is willing to go the start line
Yet everyone's talking bout finish line
And how can you say this is not a gospel issue
This topic needs to be drenched in grace
And I’m not talking about a warm and fuzzy concept
No
I'm talking about a God who was drenched in blood
I’m talking about a God who was willing to take our lashes
So yea my people were whipped but so was He
And we may have been hung on trees but so was He
And He did so
So that you and I could become we
And stand before the king
But this cost wasn't free
Yet I believe that the Father was singing let freedom ring
Let freedom ring
And His vision for freedom
Was so much larger than 50 states
So if He overcame sin and overcame death
Why can’t we overcome racism
Cause that same power is living inside us
Plus I am proof of what
Jesus Christ can do cause my parents had the right eyes to look through
So now that we’ve asked why and who
The last question church is what are we gonna do
Because if we truly believe the answer is the gospel
Then it begins with
Confession
So I’ll start it off
I confess we ain't perfect
I confess we lash out sometimes in the wrong way
And I definitely confess that bitterness won't build bridges
But I also confess that we are hurt and we are angry
So can you try to understand our perspective
Can you confess that you’ve been blind
Can you confess this isn't something I'm making up in my mind
Can you confess that things haven't changed all that much
Especially if your a white Christian can you confess on behalf of your people
Because just cause you may not be racist
Just cause you may treat my people well
Doesn't mean your people treat my people swell
So if you got Jesus you got the solution and I need you to be apart of restitution
And I know America is all about the individual
But we gotta see ourself as indivisible
Otherwise our actions exist in isolation
And that guy beating the girl in the back alley has nothing to do with you
So yea you may have not been the attacker
But your still responsible for the blood splatter
Cause to stand on the sideline and wave the flag of ignorance
Is still the sin of ignoring this
So please step onto the field and help us to heal
Cause when you confess pardon and repent
You get CPR
And bring life to what once was dead
So I believe we can revive this nation with a God who wears a crown of life on His head
And man I cant wait for revelation to come
That we may all stand before the Son worshiping as one
Black white an yellow all thee as one
Looking like the Trinity Father Spirit Son
And you best believe this Triune God is all bout unity
That why at His core of His character is perfect community
He didn't ask us to be uniform He asked us to be united
So can someone please catch this fire in my heart that's ignited?
Cause I know church majority of Americans may not be black
But their hearts are just as dark
Yet we're suppose to be the ones with the spark
To set this world ablaze that we may join together as one
And give One God praise
One nation
Under God
Indivisible
With liberty and justice for all

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