By Edward S. Curtis – This image came from The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis. These images were published between 1907 and 1930.The digitization of this image was done by the Northwestern University Library, sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress. Credits: Northwestern University Library, "The North American Indian": the Photographic Images, 2001., Public Domain, LINK
If you object to immigration, you might have to go back to where your ancestors are from.
But where would that be?
We would be wandering backward through time for the rest of our lives.
That about says it.We are all from somewhere and …
Somewhere along the line our people have been invaded, oppressed, enslaved, and, victimized or …
Been invaders, oppressors, slave "owners," and those who victimize … or/and
BOTH!
AND/OR/AND … looking for a place of opportunity and willing to contribute to the community where we have settled down.
God, forgive us for the injustices of the past. Your Word calls us to confess collective sins in which we may not have directly participated. But we have benefited from the suffering of others and continue to do so. Show us the way to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with you in a new vision of a new and beloved community that welcomes the stranger and honors those whose toils have tilled the soil from which we sow and reap.
The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 19:34, New King James Version (NKJV)
That's the BIBLE!
And it gets a little stronger when you start following the words of Jesus!
It is not that we do not need an immigration policy; it is that we need a policy of generosity rather than hostility.
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