I remember in a museum in Ohio many years ago I saw a portrait of an elderly Black woman, and it read “everyday of my life I pray to my God that he allows me to live long enough to see my children as free people.”
Yes there was a period of time that we had no legal vehicle to help us, and we turned to God in prayer. Do you remember when every church had a substantial number of members and we would be referred to them as praying churches?
That’s not necessarily true today why? Too many homes are one-parent homes, why? Drugs saturate our communities, why? Violence is devouring our neighbors, why?
Unemployment figures are staggering, why? There is no Black owned Bank, why? Blacks have become less important in both local political parties, why? Black parents fail to attend school board meetings, why? Black persons fail to attend Allegheny County Council meetings and Pittsburgh City Council meetings, why? Allegheny County, City of Pittsburgh and state of Pa. have provided Blacks with extremely limited business opportunities, why?
All of the above questions that are so relevant to improving the quality of life for you and I can be changed when we come together and work it out and then pray about it.
Prayer without works will not solve our critical situation.
(Louis “Hop” Kendrick is a contributor to the New Pittsburgh Courier.)
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