Paula White Prayed For African Angels
By: Gfc, Grown Folk Conversations
Tags: Biden Harris 2020, Christianity, Angels, Paula White, African American

African American roots and religion

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On behalf of Christians everywhere, thank you Paula White for praying so hard for African angels to intervene on our behalf! God knows we needed a miracle — even if it wasn’t the miracle you were praying for. But, girl — thank you, anyway. My Grandmother was a praying woman and she always said, “God works in mysterious ways!” Well, he must have answered our prayers because it seems like those angels flew over and stirred the spirits of all the men, women and children who flipped those states. Those African angels strengthened and protected Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams and all the unsung sheros who told the daughters and sons of the diaspora, VOTE like their lives depended on it.

Thank you, Paula for speaking in unknown tongues and calling on the souls of our ancestors that made spirits restless and quickened our feet.

My Grandmother always urged me to focus on the message, not the messenger because God sometimes uses or sends the most unlikely source to “send a word”. Paula summoning African angels was a perfect example of this.

My Grandparents visited me in my sleep, whispered in my ear and reminded me how my people died for the right to vote and warned me to not allow their, blood and sacrifice to be in vain.

I’m not sure what Love Craft Country language she was speaking, but I don’t think she knows that God doesn’t bless mess and he doesn’t protect evil.

I’m reminded of this perfect scripture, I Corinthians: 13 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”

There are things on this Earth that are hard to understand and unknown to man. There is no way God is pleased with her praying for bias, hate and lies. I rebuke and challenge ANY Christian to show me where God supported racism, oppression and false witnesses.

My Grandmother always said, “be careful what you pray for — you just might get it”. Welp — Paula called on the African angels and she doesn’t have the power to send them back. I think a few of them must have whispered in some white men’s ears because 5% changed their vote, too.

Or could be due to the growing amount of white men who’ve discovered Black or brown love and find it hard to vote for racist candidates when the love of their lives or their beautiful children or grandchildren have a little melanin magic. (Yet, there are always a few exceptions).

The power of prayer — divine intervention

There’s been a shift in the atmosphere! Millions of angels come from the lost, stolen souls from Africa buried at seas, and our ancestor’s brutalized bodies buried under palatial southern estates, and hidden under institutions.

Let me be clear — Paula prayed in public, but millions of Black people have whispered and moaned prayers for hundreds of years and it’s our collective call and plea that lifted our ancestor’s spirits and now they’re saying, “GET OUT and let my people go!” The children of enslaved survivors and the sons and daughters of the Middle Passage are ready for the next round of “good trouble” and victory!

To the rest of the racists who call on God’s name with hate in your heart: God is not pleased, but he answered our prayers and sent his angels to show that he will not be mocked.

Now look at this and tell me this doesn’t creep you out…

Lost and found

To the lost Black and brown sheep that follow these creepy evangelists, I pray for your soul and hope that African angels shake and wake you, scare you and dare you to stand in the spirit of righteousness, justice and truth.

This piece was meant to to be ironic and a little tongue-in-cheek. Thank God my faith isn’t in any man or this delusional white woman because she and my people were praying for two TOTALLY different things. I make light of this, but this is serious and we need to recognize how Christianity has been weaponized to render poor, Black and brown people helpless. Many of us have lost our way — praying to and paying into a religion that’s filled with false prophets that spread chaos, confusion, hate, lies, sexism and violence.

Let’s be clear Paula, called on African angels to support another 4 years of hate, greed, divisiveness, selfishness, bigotry, and brutality. There wasn’t and will never be anything Christ-like or just in this administration and any display or reference to Christianity was purely performative.

As a Christian, I beg of us to choose love — if you or your Pastor isn’t promoting anything but love and truth — it isn’t right. Make love your compass and center. You can’t justify or uphold any isms and biases — if you’re being loving. If you’re confused, pray for wisdom, truth and discernment and read the Bible for yourself!

I’m trying to love EVERYONE — I don’t everyday or every moment, but I try and I pray for forgiveness when I don’t think, speak or act with love.

On behalf of my African angels and ancestors, thank you Paula for using your platform to promote the power of prayer and our African roots. Although I know it wasn’t your intention, God knows best. I pray you and your followers find your way to living in spirit and truth and start to pray and support our President and Vice President-elect and policies that support justice and equity for all.

Thank you for reading and to my fellow Christians — keep on praying.

This piece was inspired by Roland Martin and his brilliant panel! #RespectBlackMedia