Ever since I was a kid I’ve been reading God’s word and I’ve learned that we all have the same qualification of getting into God’s Kingdom when we die. We’re all equals.
The same should be true when it comes to laws in the city of Nashville. For instance, if I’m at home and someone takes the key, opens my door, and walks in, he should be held accountable for intruding into someone’s home. But, on the other hand, in certain neighborhoods it’s bull. For example, if you do this in Green Hills you go to jail; you don’t even have to catch the person on camera. In the hood, this is not the case; you can do whatever you want and get away with it. Even though I have a camera right beside my door, there are still intruders who get away with what they do. That’s how much Nashville prioritizes areas with money — sad but true.
I remember, once, when I went to church with a guy and afterward the church had a luncheon. I received an important call so I had to step away from the table and go outside. Besides, I couldn’t eat the meal because they were having hard-shell crab tacos which I can’t have with my dentures. The guy I was with got very upset with me because I took the call. Very controlling, don’t you think? I don’t believe God is even controlling in that manner. I also don’t believe that God would prepare something for you he knows you can’t eat.
From that day forward, I saw that when I’m doing God’s work I have to keep my guard up because many people are fake for purposes unknown to me. I just think that you ought to treat people the way you’d like to be treated. That’s the real way to love your neighbor, with equality, not control. Control should only come through God’s word, and even then it is only to a certain extent. Sometimes you simply cannot make people obey.
On the other hand, there are people who have absolutely nothing to do but sit back and gossip about you. But I’m glad that the God I serve fills me in on everything around me. God says to keep watch and wait many times in the word; he does not say that we should have control over everything.