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By Christie Apperwhite
09/15/16
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As a child, she wasn’t very talkative. Unassuming and harmless, spending most of her time quietly observing. No, she didn’t complain much and at times she was unnoticeable and almost forgotten. Liking to think of herself as a private person and enjoying her own privacy she wasn’t one to meddle in the affairs of others. Growing up she definitely was not the squeaky wheel, but took notice of the squeaky wheels and the response they received.
Content to go through life seeking her own fulfillment without infringing on the rights of anyone else. Not outwardly communicative much, she goes through each day striving for better. Inwardly she is a bullhorn for justice and all day long she hears the loud shrieking of the bullhorn calling out in the streets. She doesn’t let the bullhorn sound openly this sounding off is inward and the more she bites her tongue the more it seems to build up in her.
One day she encounters something so blatant she cannot contain the sound anymore. It is almost like a sonic explosion and now no one can help but hear the bullhorn sounding off. Searching for the voice of justice and hearing not one, she now dawns the mantle of talkative and opinionated.
Nowadays, transparency is the facade of a thin veil that actually has a thick lining. Believing she can see beyond the façade, she is not concerned with political correctness. She sees political correctness as a form of censor or control. Observing niceties even when inappropriate. John the Baptist had to tell the king’s wife that she was an adultress and unclean. God knew what he told John the Baptist to do was a hard thing. He also knew he would be beheaded. Still seeing that her faith will be tested by something difficult, and not something easy, she moves forward. No longer wading in a pool of choices and being complacent, she’s diving head first into a sea of opinions and decisions.
She is choosing to be salt with savor, a light that is not hidden, a voice calling out in the wilderness. She wants to go forward as a sounding board for God, with utterances of judgement and justice. She has an expectation to do greater things. Jesus has gone on before us to prepare the way. He said that we would do greater things because he has gone to be an advocate for us.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto my Father. John 14:12
Change won’t happen unless words are spoken and actions that correspond with those words are taken. We can’t be afraid to discuss difficult subjects. You don’t always have to agree with someone to respect their right to choose and live the way they see fit. We can agree to disagree and be civil about it.

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