As I sit here in this waiting room, wondering if everything will be alright with my sister’s surgery, all I can think of is that family is connected in the same way as our bones are connected. I have read many articles, studies, and thoughts on how the bones connect, how one is supported by the other, but very few studies on how “DNA” connects us physically, emotionally snd health-wise. Sitting here this morning, I can feel my sister. My heart is racing, my mind is wandering, but my soul is encouraged. As a preacher, everything you learn goes out the window, when your loved one is threatened or in trouble. As siblings, we all have our own identities but when one is hurting, we all hurt. You can go long periods without communicating, but you wake up with pain you cannot explain; all you can do is ask God to relieve that pain. One day you connect with that sibling only to find out that at the moment you were experiencing your pain that sibling was in a crisis. This is because we are all one body. There are many parts but one body broken into many other bodies. This may not make sense to you but in the spiritual realm, this is a prophecy.

Families love one another, be there for each other. Bring back the bond that God intended from the foundation of the world.

Petty disagreements eat up time you can never recover. Love each other with all of your heart. Spend as much time as possible with those you love and those you love to hate.
Repair, regroup and submit to each other, forgive often, and take advantage of “I am powerless over anyone but myself.”

It is amazing how TV is just like real life. I watched last week on Queen Sugar when Hollywood was worried about his mother and she kept telling him, Oh I am alright, it is just a little cough, but she died.

I relived that yesterday. My sister and I always talk. We talk politics religiously. I do not get a text from her in a day or so, I know something is wrong.

I am angry at myself because I allowed Covid 19 to keep me from putting my eyes on her once in a while. My sisters have always been strong, proud, independent, smart women. Young siblings, do not take their word when they tell you, I am ok.

Lay your eyes on them. The baby boom generation still has that secret mentality, do not tell, do not show emotion, do not attach to anyone for fear you would be taken away from the plantation.

In 2021, our older relatives are still reluctant to admit weakness. They fail to ask for Help, even from their own children.

Let me prophesy this March 15, 2021. God said to assemble. God said we should honor our aging family. The Bible gives us a road map. The elderly were cared for by the younger family members. Ruth cared for Naomi, God gave Abraham and Sarah children in old age so that he would be cared for. It is called the web of life.

Even the movie Lion King demonstrated the connectedness and the obligation we have to care for one another. The Bible tells us to find the old path and walk in it.

Please forget the risk of Covid and check on your family and friends.

The older ones have hidden things from you because they were afraid of getting Covid. Get off your butts, slow down, stop being selfish, and see about your family. Your day will come.

What you sow, you will reap. Trust me when I say to you unapologetically you will regret it, but you will not get a second chance.

Life happens. There are no do-overs. Be bold, Be persistent, even demanding of truth.

I wish this pain I have on no one.

God bless.