Wednesday; August 28
If you haven’t noticed, 2019 marks the
four hundredth anniversary of a significant event in North America and the
United States in particular.In August,
1619 the first African slaves arrived on the American mainland.What began that day has had an impact on our
nation and our society ever since. Recently, as I thought about the
African slaves it reminded me of lesson all of us can learn.When the Apostle Paul wrote to the earliest
Christians, “Slaves,
be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to
Christ;not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves
of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.” (Ephesians 6:5-6) he
established a standard of behavior for all of us.By calling upon slaves to remain faithful to
God in their condition he challenged all of us to live our lives for God no
matter where we find ourselves.Whether
we are enslaved, in prison, in a bad family situation, in a bad work
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