Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

One of the ravages of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the enslavement of Africans as chattel was, the destruction of the family unit and the severing of the links with the past. Neuroscientists have proven that memory and particularly the ability to recall and reflect on the past, make an individual human. The disconnect from the past dictates that life is lived on a ‘day to day’ hand to mouth basis. This form of existence has massive impact on the individual and on their offsprings. What do I mean by this? The Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:4-6) tells us that, ‘the sins of the fathers will visit the children to the third and fourth generation.’ Therefore, if the father fails to plan for the viability of his children, then the children will also fail to plan and so the cycle will continue ad infinitum.  

Today we have a generation of people, particularly those of Caribbean heritage, who live for the ‘now’ and worry about tomorrow when it comes. In this season of ‘lent’ when people give up certain things and ‘the passion’, when Jesus  suffered, bled and died for fallen humanity, let us reflect ion the fact that long before Jesus came, God had planned it. Long before his cruel death on the cross, God knew about the impact of Easter Sunday. And so, today let us research and remember our past and thereby plan for our future. Read Matt 26:1-30.