"Lord, ...we ask you to help us work for that day.. when yellow will be mellow..."
The phrase above is from Reverend Lowry's so-called prayer at the Presidential Inauguration last night. A transcript is available here.
There's already a lot of chatter on this in the blogsphere. Many Asians are angry, some are indifferent while others don't care. Frankly, I think we (Asians and Pacific Islanders) are up in arms about a relatively insignificant phrase. Lowry's attempt at trying to be funny was only overshadowed by his poor attempt at leading a nation in prayer.
If this topic comes up at work or with friends, how should a Christian respond? Here is one simple suggestion (I'm sure some have a better one):
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." - James 5:16
That "righteous man" is Christ. Without Christ, a man's prayers accomplishes nothing except to incite the flesh to cry out "Amen!" which is exactly what Lowry accomplished.
Now, think about what type of discussion that leads to with neighbors, co-workers and friends. I'm sure that would be better than discussing whether Yellow needs to be Mellow or not. :)
"Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." - Col 4:6
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Hey great suggestion on that crazy and inappropriate comment from that false-gosple speaker. As christians we are not called to so call "fight" or respond with vengeful motives the injustices or rude comments made to us (although SOOO easy to do so) but to find every opportunity to preach the truth of Christ to a lost world. Oh BTW, I went to the library and found a book called "YELL-OH!" Pretty funny...but that's another story....
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