BLACK AND PROUD??

I HEARD A PREACHER PROCLAIM THAT HE WAS PROUD TO BE BLACK....
I THOUGHT; WHY? A MAN CAN'T HELP WHAT COLOR HE IS...HE'S
BORN THAT WAY, NO CONTROL OVER IT. A MAN COULD BE PROUD OF
HIS ACTIONS IN LIFE, ALTHOUGH THE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL.....

WHAT IF A WHITE PREACHER SAID THAT HE WAS PROUD TO BE WHITE??
SEE THE PROBLEM???????

AS BELIEVERS IN AND FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, SHOULDN'T WE RATHER
BE PROUD (AND GRATEFUL) THAT THE SON OF GOD THOUGHT ENOUGH
OF YOU AND ME, THAT HE LOVED US SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR US, ENDURED A CRIMINALS PUNISHMENT AND DEATH FOR US??

SHOULDN'T WE RATHER BE PROUD (AND THANKFUL) TO BE WASHED
IN HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD??
SHOULDN'T WE RATHER BE PROUD OF BEING GOOD HUSBANDS AND
FATHERS, WIVES AND MOTHERS AND / OR LAW ABIDING AND PRODUCTIVE
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY (BY THE GRACE AND HELP OF ALMIGHTY GOD)

NO MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE?????????????????/






                                                                           RONALD J LAMB