Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Putting GOD First.....


Putting GOD First: I See GOD in ACTION Every Day, Through His Working Through People!

 

By Tracy Gibson

     It happened today. Right there on the Number 10 trolley on SEPTA ( South Eastern Pennsylvania Transportation  Authority ) heading down town this very late afternoon.  There was a young gentleman in tattered clothing who appeared to have little or no money and He was asking to get on the train for a free ride.  { I have been in this position and it is NOT one of dignity and pride for me. }  I could see the fear in the young man’s eyes and face. Fearing rejection and being told to get off the train.   Some people don’t know what it is like to not be granted a ride on SEPTA when you don’t have the fair.  Most people can make the $2.50 per ride or have a SEPTA Key card packed with a month’s worth of rides.  ``If you have to go without the card full of rides, you usually have the $2.50 in cash.’’ This is what I say to people who live on $30,000.00 a year and up. This young man probably had NO CASH at all!  { I am making an assumption, and you know what they say about making assumptions.}.   There was a rather handsome man coming on the trolley after the man with no or little funds, and He had money enough to pay the gentleman’s fair.  This, in my humble estimation, was GOD at work . It was not only that man’s heart working well. It was generosity at work.  GOD  -   working through people as He often, but not always, does. . . I was impressed by GOD’s actions and I promised Him that I would write this.  Of course I have to thank the generous BLACK man as well.  Having a kind heart and generosity is GODly.  It is short and sweet and to the point – what I’m writing here , but imagine what that person’s day would have been like if He had to walk 5 ( five) miles.  He only had to walk about five blocks, which would have been fine to walk, but it is a cold day today ( November 12th, 2019 ) … I just want to thank GOD for that young man in need being alive and well, even though He is of poor pockets.  I am glad He will not, I am PRAYING, have to be in a room with no roof.  A man without shelter. I am again making an assumption.  He may in fact be a man without shelter.  GOD, please help me be more effective at helping more BLACK people live in pride and decency and with the proper care ( this does NOT include second-rate health care ) and proper food ( this does NOT include so-called fast food ), and enough money to use in adequate Ways to provide for self and family for a few generations or Moore.    

We should all be Moore like the handsome BLACK man who paid for himself and the brother who didn’t have it like that today.  I rest my case for in-house BLACK REPARATIONS!  Much more effective than waiting around for the mostly greedy to become generous.  Thank you GOD for the wealth of knowledge you have helped me store up and share for yet another rainy day.

No comments:

Post a Comment