Devotion - Monday, February 1

February is Black History Month.  Hopefully, you already knew this.  The question may be have you thought about this and planned to live your life any differently?

This has been a tumultuous year, with regard to race relations.  There have been too many situations in which racial attitudes affected the way in which persons were treated.  The "Black Lives Matter" movement challenges every quarter of our society in taking a good, long look at how we see each other and how we treat one another.

Regardless of how we might react to a particular situation or to one individual spokesperson, there is no denying that there is an underlying frustration and much pent-up anger.  There is a brokenness in the body.

As persons of faith, we cannot allow such a brokenness to continue.  We must be about the ministry of Christ, which is a ministry of reconciliation.  

It is our role and responsibility to know the history of our society and our neighbors.  It is our opportunity to contribute to what will be written as the "history" of this month and these days.

Educate yourself.  Learn.  And pray for the opportunity to be God's reconciliation in the world.