Submitted by Yardbroom
The earth trembled and people who were already poor felt its fury. Haiti was in the news again, the good stories from that place rest only in the hearts of their ancestors. Nations responded, it is true, from near and far the willing came. There were planes loaded with supplies and concerned Governments sent parcels, medical items and the expertise of their sons and daughters.
Then incaution was thrown to the wind and someone said they – Haitians – were paying for their pact with the devil/satan; retribution was being unleashed for their satanic practices. God in his wisdom had demonstrated his power.
Dare I ask, or should I stay silent? but I will ask, was this the same God who was not concerned – or did not demonstrate – over the millions of black slaves who were shackled, did he turn away from those whose gnarled bodies felt the lash, or who for hundreds of years knew no mercy. Why did he not vent his wrath on Nations, Governments and countries who filled their larders and built edifices from the labour of slaves?
Why was he selective, to only make the earth tremble under the feet of those who invaded no foreign lands, took no mother’s sons away from far away places and broke them under the lash. When the “Rev” whose name is best forgotten, tells us of the sins the Haitians have committed and therefore retribution…I ponder.
I must ask where is the justice? are certain principles selectively employed, retribution selectively dispensed, can you be punished for a lesser evil whilst a greater evil goes unnoticed?
I will enslave you, wrench you from the bosom of your flesh, stamp you as a herd of horses, dishonour you, own your off spring and even your soul. Dare you fight to regain even a modicum of dignity, it is you who have transgressed. Even if I do not level with you, God will punish you, because you have made a pact with the devil.
There are Devils and there are Devils but if there are really Devils, someone grant me the wisdom to know who they are, and give me an ear to know the sounds they make, so that when they speak in the name of their God, I will know them; so that I may ponder and hopefully be wiser after my contemplation.
I ask the questions “only” because I do not know; to those who do, I beseech you; tell me.
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