By Field Ruwe EdD
“Field, if Jesus Christ returned to earth today and held a press conference and you were among the chosen few to ask him a question, what one question would you ask him?” A White dear friend asked primly.
Silence stretched out for a few seconds and with it I felt the twinges of pain at the base of my skull. Hot tears fought for room in my eyes. I pondered with a deliberation that came not only from my soul but also from the souls of the countless black individuals on earth.
For a flash moment, I heard hundreds of my ancestors on the lower deck of the slave ship shackled in pairs, in unsanitary conditions singing; “Why was I born a man…to make a brute!
Why am I a slave? O God, save me…deliver me! Let me be free! [I shall not live and die as a slave.] I will not stand it. Get caught, or get clear, I’ll try it…I had [rather get] killed running as die standing.” All the while sharks followed the ship to feed off those thrown aboard, shouting“Let me be free! Is there any God? Why am I a slave? O God, save me! God, deliver me!” I envisioned their bodies scavenged by marine organism; their bones dissolved at deep at the end. I
wondered what I would ask Jesus.
How about you? What would you ask Jesus?
To be continued in the new year.
Field, the scenario presented by your friend would not occur and even your reflections of slavery lamentations will/would not occur. The scenario made dipicts the current and here now perception. Non of these have an opportunity to present themselves, if Jesus Christ returned to earth today. To be continued in the New Year.