Identifying Your Assignment; Tears & Hate Talk

(PLEASE READ MY PREVIOUS POST, TO MAKE MORE SENSE OF THIS)


#CLUE 2

This is a confession, I cry secretly whenever I see, watch, or hear that a child is molested, beastly beaten and maltreated, helpless, disabled and starved. I remember when I was younger, I used to think that I wasn't normal in that area, because when i mean i cry, i mean literally, deep pain from my hearth kind of cry. It was as bad as when i watched a movie that portrayed such scenes, i would weep (i still do). In fact recently, someone told me about a woman who would beat her maid to unconsciousness and revive her with more beatings and leave hot pressing iron scars on the little girl's body. I was so hurt, i just couldn't comprehend why a human would inflict such pain and terror on a fellow human, not to talk of a defenseless child (i am glad she got exactly what she deserved). She didn't kill for heaven's sake! The child probably just broke a plate, or didn't mop well. So what!


What grieves you? What are those things you cry about whether in secret or publicly, as a grown man or woman? You just don't get why it is so! Is it battered wives? Abused and molested children? The ordeal widows go through in some of our societies today? Diseases? Injustice? Senseless and baseless killings (xenophobic killings)? In the words of Dr Mike Murdock, "what you cry about is a clue to something you were created and ordained by God to heal, conquer, and change." Compassion is a signpost.

There are things that should set us on fire. But what grieves you, what saddens you, what moves you to tears; pay close attention to it. My tear drop is really expensive, so what ever would make it come out, had better be undeniably important. Tears are clues to the nature of your assignment. Where you hurt the most is a clue to what you may heal the best.





#CLUE 3 

Have you ever wondered why others were not angry about situations that infuriated you? I guess you have. "Anger is energy, power, and ability, but focused fury is often the key to a miraculous change." Anger's power potential requires proper focus. Dr. Mike Murdock listed 3 wisdom keys to always remember;

-- You can not correct what you are unwilling to confront
-- What you permit will always continue
-- Behavior permitted is behavior perpetuated.

According to him, "you cannot really change or correct something unless you have the God given hatred for it. We have people around us today who can't stand injustice (social or moral) at any level. racial, tribal or religious prejudice, divorce, poverty, corruption, gender inequality, discrimination, child labor, rape; the fact that the victims are too scared to come out because of societal stigmatization, juvenile delinquency and a whole bunch of others. What do you hate? Many things are wrong with my society and yours too. But they will never be changed until someone is angry enough about it to step forward with a solution no matter how small your terrain is, you can start from your neighborhood. Look around and you will see something that just puts you off, don't just walk pass with a huge sigh, because as long you walk or drive past each day, you will keep seeing it. No change is too small to impact.

For example, J.J. Rowlings of Ghana on the 15th of May 1979 attempted a failed coup d'état on the then head of state (Gen. Fred Akuffo), this lead to his arrest and subsequent imprisonment, facing a death sentence. (to cut the story short) A group of sympathetic soldiers that were motivated by his final public speech broke him out of jail on the 4th of June (that same year). He later led a revolt of both the military and civilian which overthrew Gen. Fred Akuffo and the supreme military council. He formed the AFRC (Armed Forces Revolutionary Council) and conducted what he termed "a housecleaning exercise" his aim was to purge Ghanaian society of all the corruption and social injustice that they perceived to be at the root of their coup d'état. The movement killed corrupt heads of regions in other to usher in a new era of a fair, gainful and unbiased government. Now you might say, that was inhuman, too extreme, it was not in his place to judge and so on. But the fact is that his actions clarified that he hated corruption and injustice so much that he stood his grounds against it. Whether we like it or not, some people in Ghana are still grateful for his actions of 36 years ago, while of cause some still curse him. Well I am not a politician, but there was (is) a change.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (one of my favorite men in the whole world) was an activist, a hater of racial prejudice, discrimination and injustice. He spoke publicly without the fear of being beaten, jailed or even killed. If he didn't hate them ( injustice, racism, discrimination, segregation...) his fury won't have lasted all those years and probably, by now, the African - Americans will not be enjoying the level of equality they are today.

Bottom line, your anger is important, very important. So do not ignore it. In fact Satan dreads your fury. An angry man is an awakened man who can change the minds of others. (just be sure it's justified, altruistic and positive fury).


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Love,
Chidimma