Do not hide who you are
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Union Square News
Ruby Johnson
Many times you hear someone say, “When I get to heaven I will be OK.” “Sun Ra” said heaven is where you will be when you are OK right where you are.
Sometimes when God blesses me I feel like I am in heaven at home, in church, in the street, or wherever I am, especially when I hear His voice and I obey Him.
Pretend for a moment that you are a mink, beautiful, valuable, precious because of the skin that covers you. Suddenly your homeland is invaded by hunters. They attack; they beat you, they steal your skin, your heritage, the very essence of your being. They leave you to die, but you survive. Your fur grows back, stronger, more beautiful than before. Somehow it doesn’t make sense. The very thing that makes you who and what you are is the source of pain.
Confused, distrustful, you hide yourself or camouflage your fur, your essence. Silently you begin to curse your fur, because the hunters return again and again. You begin to understand you will never get away from being what you are.
As long as you have fur, you will be hunted. The issue is will you curse your fur, give up and die? Or just continue to be a proud but cautious mink? Think of a time when you decided to be yourself. What keeps you from doing that now?
Happy birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We honor you on Wednesday, January 15, although some are honoring you on Monday, January 20, including us in Union Square community.
Happy birthday to my lovely niece Toni Hill Cook-Akinsanya, Deacon Paul Burton, Reggie Dubose, Al Days, and to all January babies.
We are praying for the Thomas family in the loss of Mrs. Bessie Thomas and for our country and California residents.
“I will not hide who or what I am.”
“When I know me, I stop doing what’s not good for me.”
Call Ruby at 256-935-1330 to spread your good news.
