Some whites oppose affirmative action because it does not personally benefit them. Will they feel otherwise when whites are the minority in America?
According to the Census Bureau the estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.
Census Bureau figures released Wednesday have updated last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the global economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after 9-11 terrorist attacks.
America is all about living your dreams, which always requires putting feet to your faith and taking action. Institutional and generational barriers have disenfranchised some ethnicities and races, whereby they have started well behind many of us in regard to the level of their education, at home nutrition, familial stability and emotional tranquility.
Nevertheless as a son of a drug addict and alcoholic (thankfully raised by my grandparents and then later my father and stepmother) I understand the importance of personal struggle.
Truly there can be no progress without process. Often frustration is the beginning of progress, as you get angry and disatisfied with the status quo.
Nobody should ever look to their family, friends or government to sustain them when they can be proactive and make it happen (with God's help) for themselves. Yet when hard times hit, we are always thankful (myself included) to receive help, no matter where it comes from.
That being said I thank God for my family, friends and the generosity of the U.S. government to help those suffering, unemployed, immigrating, struggling to pay health care and kids unable to buy lunch everyday at school.
Of course I realize the taxpayers bear these expenses to help the less fortunate. Yet is not this what makes our nation great? Our ability to help the downtrodden and those in need? I think so!
Yet at the same time imparting the spirit of hope and empowering people to get up and apply their gifts, talents and abilities to provide for themselves and wholeheartedly pursue their dreams should also be part of the equation.
President Obama broke the race barrier and is living the American dream, proving to the naysayers and complainers (among the up-and-out and down-and-out) that with faith and hope, coupled with daily hard work and persistence, there surely is a way out.
As we replace anxiety with creativity; hatred with a love for humanity; and our personal hurts with hope for the future - together we can create a better world for ourselves, our families and posterity.
Let us affirm the greatness of the human spirit, our ability to live our dreams and our resilience as a people to overcome all obstacles when we believe the best in one another and endeavor to cooperatively come together.
Truly "nothing is impossible when we believe" (Mark 10:27) and put feet to our faith (James 2:26) to arise and make things happen!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - affirmative action speaker for success and author of 17 books
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Success Speaker for Breakthrough: Secrets to Stop the Curse and Welcome the Blessing
Murmurers and complainers are cancerous, never celebrated, nor do they prosper. God blesses and promotes positive people who praise Him and impart hope to people.
God said to Abraham: "I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you" (Genesis 12:3).
We who are in Christ are heirs according to that promise (Galatians 3:29), as we in the dispensation of grace have a better covenant established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6).
Yet ironically many who attend church regularly are NOT blessed and are growing increasingly bitter. Why? Because they do not have the heart of God for people.
How do I know? Because they are envious and jealous rather than able to rejoice with them who rejoice. When they see others being blessed, instead of getting happy with them and celebrating, they grow jealous and become more bitter.
Jealous and envy is as rotteness in the bones. It pollutes you inwardly and physically. Moreover it repels blessed and prosperous people from you because spiritually they can discern you are evil and unable to carry the heart and blessing of God.
Of course God in His endless mercy will always give you some longsuffering friends who will endure you for a season and hopefully confront your disfunction so you can be healed. But the season of suffering will continue and be perpetuated if you in your pride remain self-centered, self-willed and resistant to the Word of God through His people.
Jesus spoke of hundredfold blessings for His servants faithfully and diligently serving Him (Mark 10:28:31). Yet "with persecutions" ...because people get jealous when you start getting blessed and it is visually obvious you are MORE blessed than them.
This is when people get mad and sadly they who get most angry are usually not sinners outside the church, but religious folks (self-righteous religious folks) within the church.
It was the Saducees and Pharisees (sad and yet full of themselves) who most vehemently and violently resisted and opposed Jesus. Yet if they would have just humbled their hearts and received Christ's Words they too could have submitted to God and been blessed.
Yet in their defiance they chose their position, religion and justification (for why they weren't equally as blessed and enjoying God's miraculous blessing).
Such can occur within families as well - a division as Christ foretold. Jesus boldy said: "Do not think I have come to send peace on earth: I did not come to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance (division) ...and a man's foes shall be they of his own household" (Matthew 10:34-36).
Bishop T.D. Jakes recently preached about this saying the one place a man often feels most UNCOMFORTABLE and UNWELCOME is in his own home.
King David could certainly attest to that! David, the man after God's own heart, was rejoicing in the Lord, when his wife Michal despised him in her heart (2Samuel 6:14-15,20).
Michal, David's wife was a killjoy. Yet David refused to allow her to quench the fire of the Spirit and love for God burning in his heart.
David stood up to the wicked woman (his own wife) saying: "I will be more vile than this and will be abased in my own sight" (2Samuel 6:22) purposing to worship God wholeheartedly no matter what his foolish wife said.
The result - David continued to flourish and prosper, while his wicked wife Michal (full of bitterness and contempt for the Lord and His chosen servant David) was barren all of her life [2 Samuel 6:23].
Truly pride goes before a fall and continually keeps us from flourishing.
Who do you despise and have contempt for?
Quite possibly the very person you despise has been positioned by God to teach you something, agitate your rebellion, expose your bad attitude and misplaced emotion and provoke you to think and live according to a higher law.
Nevertheless if you continue playing and purporting to be self-righteous you like Michal can live and die barren (barreness was considered to be a curse in Israel - both then and now).
As for the men and women desiring to break forth in the earth and live in the glorious Presence and blessing of God, do not allow a vile and evil spirit such as was in Michal to kill your joy for one split second.
The joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10). God surely and continually inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3).
This is why the devil wants to stop the praises and celebration with complaining, criticism and ongoing accusation - the devil's pitiful modus operandi.
Like the prophet Elijah who defeated and beat that wicked woman Jezebel, rise up with the high praises of God and two-edged sword of the Word in your mouth to conquer that complaining and pathetic clamorous spirit.
This is the day the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in our Creator!
As we rejoice and happily praise Him, our enemies will surely be made to bow before us!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com/supernatural-power for breakthrough in your city and country
info @ PaulFDavis.com
God said to Abraham: "I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you" (Genesis 12:3).
We who are in Christ are heirs according to that promise (Galatians 3:29), as we in the dispensation of grace have a better covenant established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6).
Yet ironically many who attend church regularly are NOT blessed and are growing increasingly bitter. Why? Because they do not have the heart of God for people.
How do I know? Because they are envious and jealous rather than able to rejoice with them who rejoice. When they see others being blessed, instead of getting happy with them and celebrating, they grow jealous and become more bitter.
Jealous and envy is as rotteness in the bones. It pollutes you inwardly and physically. Moreover it repels blessed and prosperous people from you because spiritually they can discern you are evil and unable to carry the heart and blessing of God.
Of course God in His endless mercy will always give you some longsuffering friends who will endure you for a season and hopefully confront your disfunction so you can be healed. But the season of suffering will continue and be perpetuated if you in your pride remain self-centered, self-willed and resistant to the Word of God through His people.
Jesus spoke of hundredfold blessings for His servants faithfully and diligently serving Him (Mark 10:28:31). Yet "with persecutions" ...because people get jealous when you start getting blessed and it is visually obvious you are MORE blessed than them.
This is when people get mad and sadly they who get most angry are usually not sinners outside the church, but religious folks (self-righteous religious folks) within the church.
It was the Saducees and Pharisees (sad and yet full of themselves) who most vehemently and violently resisted and opposed Jesus. Yet if they would have just humbled their hearts and received Christ's Words they too could have submitted to God and been blessed.
Yet in their defiance they chose their position, religion and justification (for why they weren't equally as blessed and enjoying God's miraculous blessing).
Such can occur within families as well - a division as Christ foretold. Jesus boldy said: "Do not think I have come to send peace on earth: I did not come to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance (division) ...and a man's foes shall be they of his own household" (Matthew 10:34-36).
Bishop T.D. Jakes recently preached about this saying the one place a man often feels most UNCOMFORTABLE and UNWELCOME is in his own home.
King David could certainly attest to that! David, the man after God's own heart, was rejoicing in the Lord, when his wife Michal despised him in her heart (2Samuel 6:14-15,20).
Michal, David's wife was a killjoy. Yet David refused to allow her to quench the fire of the Spirit and love for God burning in his heart.
David stood up to the wicked woman (his own wife) saying: "I will be more vile than this and will be abased in my own sight" (2Samuel 6:22) purposing to worship God wholeheartedly no matter what his foolish wife said.
The result - David continued to flourish and prosper, while his wicked wife Michal (full of bitterness and contempt for the Lord and His chosen servant David) was barren all of her life [2 Samuel 6:23].
Truly pride goes before a fall and continually keeps us from flourishing.
Who do you despise and have contempt for?
Quite possibly the very person you despise has been positioned by God to teach you something, agitate your rebellion, expose your bad attitude and misplaced emotion and provoke you to think and live according to a higher law.
Nevertheless if you continue playing and purporting to be self-righteous you like Michal can live and die barren (barreness was considered to be a curse in Israel - both then and now).
As for the men and women desiring to break forth in the earth and live in the glorious Presence and blessing of God, do not allow a vile and evil spirit such as was in Michal to kill your joy for one split second.
The joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10). God surely and continually inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3).
This is why the devil wants to stop the praises and celebration with complaining, criticism and ongoing accusation - the devil's pitiful modus operandi.
Like the prophet Elijah who defeated and beat that wicked woman Jezebel, rise up with the high praises of God and two-edged sword of the Word in your mouth to conquer that complaining and pathetic clamorous spirit.
This is the day the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and be glad in our Creator!
As we rejoice and happily praise Him, our enemies will surely be made to bow before us!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com/supernatural-power for breakthrough in your city and country
info @ PaulFDavis.com
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