Choices we make...Choose God! (Celebrating Black HIStory '24)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)

Harriet Tubman . . . Araminta “Minty” Ross was born into slavery on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Dorchester County in 1822. We all know the many facts about her life; the greatest conductor of the Underground Railroad, during the Civil War, she became the first woman to lead an armed military raid in June 1863, a Union scout, spy, and nurse, a suffragist who fought for women's rights, and she established a nursing home for African Americans on her property in Auburn, NY. 

She chose to follow God and not the plans that others had for her! Like Ms. Tubman, God has a specific plan for each of us. Many times, it is just for you or me. People will not believe you. They will not understand. The will misdirect you. Some will ridicule you, lie on you and talk about you behind your back. There will be jealousies and plots. Some may even seek to mentally and physically hurt you . . . But God! Choose God! 

But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. (Genesis 50:20)

Where would we be without the examples of people like Joseph, David, and Daniel in the Bible?  here would we be without people like Harriet Tubman in our HIStory?  Echoing Jesus' words from John from John 14:3, Harriet's final words were, "I go to prepare a place for you." She indeed prepared a place . . . a future . . . and a hope for all of a better place, as does Jesus!

Choose God!

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