Back in the day the elders would say things like, "It doesn't matter what people call you, the only thing that matter is what you answer too." or Words can't hurt you. Oh but today I say they can and do hurt you. I CAN NOT IN GOOD FAITH WALK UNDER OR ANSWER TO THE TERM CHRISTIAN Anymore. When a narcissistic, womanizing , convicted felon calls himself a Christian. And some of the very good people he run with have good ole boy mentalities. They are Neo Natzi and White Nationalist, we are not the same. 

It reminds me of a run in i had as a worked as a manager for a flooring company. I had an elderly cashier mid sixties of European descent invite the whole staff to her church for its 150th anniversary. We worked in Texas and this was around the time of the George Floyd Murder. I looked her straight in her face and asked what was her opinion of the murder was and she immediately began to spu her Fox News rhetoric. I let her finish and humbly declined her invitation. She looked set back, and said that everyone had told her I was a devout christian. I replied I am. But i was also ama realist and a historian. And 150 years ago in Texas if Blacks and whites went to church together in Texas it was one of two circumstances. One it was a Slave and master relationship or the black man forced to the church was going to be lynched while yal danced and ate potato salad with raisins in it. 150 years ago if your church wasn't protesting slavery it was for it, and with you, having the view you have, I can surmise it was Picnicking, Pick A Nigga at your church. She blew a gasket! She said see I knew you wasn't a christian, what kind of christian would say that, and you don't even say good morning when you get to work. So I reply I don't use Good Mourning because of its history White Slave owners were emotional terrorist, the mornings after a lynching or loved one being sold off they would ask the enslaved people "Did ya Sleep well I did, I bid you a Good Mourning this day." to let them know Mourn your loss last night today pick my product. She turned red and stormed of to speak to my superior. I went about my day. That afternoon as I was preparing for my departure my manager pulls up and says that i really hurt her feelings, i replied that was not my intent. He said he wanted me to talk to me, I said shoot, he said just say good morning and try to keep workplace peace. I said I don't ever use the term, he said in his nicest European voice just do it for me, i don't want her to escalate this. I said i would think about it. So i left , but on my way home my brother Tricky a practicing Muslim calls from prison, I answer and he greets me with As-salamu alaykum and I respond wa-ʿalaykumu s-salām and then it 

hit me that's my fix. So the next morning when I enter the store she is glowing thinking she one up a know it all N Word. I enter and say loudly and proudly As-salamu alaykum, She Clutched her pearls, "What did you say to me?" I repeat As-salamu alaykum. "I don't know what that is" I replied It's the grating of followers of Yahsua. I said I thought you was a Christian. She says I am, I said well in my Bible the Scriptures say we must worship Yah in Spirit and Truth, And the Truth is at the time scriptures were being lived People spoke in Aramaic and wrote in Hebrew not Old English as King James writes. SO IF THE Messiah of the texts walked in here today he would great us in his native tongue with As-salamu alaykum. She hugged and puffed and ran straight to my managers office, I never say boss because I'm the only boss of me. My boss comes out and says Man you Hell, I said what I gave her a greeting, He said that's ok you don't have to. I stand on the words I use, I am very intentional in building my vocabulary and diction. When you are young and educated and articulate Even the most Racist of pink people can't keep up. From That time to today I won't let anyone put a tag on me I don't own. And for that reason I consider my self Spiritual not Religious, Religion is a construct, like the Criminal Justice System is not really about justice or reform, Religion is about commerce and control. I am free in Spirituality to just be love and love The Creator and the Creations. No man made rules or regulations. As always this is my opinion based on history and facts of my life. I CAN BE CALLED A FOLLOWER OF THE MOST HIGH, OR A DICIPLE OF THE SECOND ADAM I'd thought I'd share. Have a Blessed Day Salute and Shalom. 

BRO Ski Chills

PS What do you need to Deconstruct in your life?

Aramaic is a Semitic language that was spoken by Jesus(Yahsua) and is still spoken today by some groups of people. 

As-salamu alaykum (Arabic: romanized: as-salāmu ʿalaykum, pronounced [as.sa.laː.mu ʕa.laj.kum] ), also written salamun alaykum and typically rendered in English as salam alaykum, is a greeting in Arabic that means 'Peace be upon you'. The salām (meaning 'peace') has become a religious salutation for Muslims worldwide when greeting each other, though its use as a greeting predates Islam, and is also common among Arabic speakers of other religions (such as Arab Christians and Mizrahi Jews)

The typical response to the greeting is wa-ʿalaykumu s-salām (and peace be upon you'). In the Quranic period one repeated as-salamu alaykum, but the inverted response is attested in Arabic not long after its appearance in Hebrew. The phrase may also be expanded to as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu -llāhi wa-barakātuhu ('Peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of God and His blessings').

Deconstruction in literature and philosophy 

In literature and philosophy, deconstruction is a critical analysis of texts and positions. It questions hierarchical oppositions, such as nature versus culture, and reveals how these categories are constructed.

Deconstruction assumes that language has no firm referents and that truth claims have no adequate grounding.

Deconstruction in faith 

In faith, deconstruction is the process of questioning and scrutinizing one's belief system. It involves removing each article of belief and value and subjecting it to ongoing reflection.

Deconstruction by Lecrea

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Find your way, find your way

Find your way, find your way

Find your way back home

No, time won't take too long, put it behind you

You can still find your way, find your way

Find your way, find your way

Find your way back home

When you feel too far gone

He can still find you

I deconstructed long before people knew what to call it

I know that's scary to some folks, so hold on, let me pause it

Take you back to how it started, maybe you relate

Maybe you ain't never met me, but you know my pain

Focused on Jesus in Atlanta, fresh from Tennessee

Wasn't legalistic, catch me with a cup of Hennessy

I would speak at churches, hang with leaders and such

You know, Judah, Piper, and Keller, Tony Evans was clutch

I was so involved, never thought that I could fall, y'all

Right before the fall of 2015, I was all off

It involved killing Michael Brown, had me feeling down

Tweeted 'bout it, Christians call me clown, I was losing ground

And Voddie was a hero of mine, met with him plenty times

This time, when he spoke, it cut me deeper than I realized

Doubled-down, spoke about my pain, I was met with blame

"Shame on you, 'Crae, stop crying, get back to Jesus' name"

Cut me deep, I was losing sleep, "God, ain't these Your sheep?"

Why they hate me like they do? Maybe grace is really cheap

Maybe this is all a lie, they don't really love me

They just love it when I say the things they wanna hear in public

They're like following they God mean turnin' on Black people

Is Black evil? Why do they hate and attack people?

I'm vulnerable and cautious, I'm reading Baldwin

Ta-Nehisi got me thinking, now I'm going all in

I ain't know if God was real no mo'

Every day we gettin' killed and I can't deal no mo'

I started slipping in the darkness, I'm feeling heartless

Christians got me traumatized, I don't know who God is

Drinking liquor for my therapy, and smoking Mary tree

Maybe I should get divorced, I don't know why she married me

What's the purpose? What's the point?

Nothing matters, I'm just matter, I'm just atoms

Ain't no Eve and ain't no Adam

Where the Xannies? Let me at 'em

I was floating in confusion until I dropped

Woke up in a clinical depression, then it all stopped

Sinnin' like Saul 'til I hit Damascus

God knocked me off the mule 'fore I hit the casket

Heard a faint voice calling me late, I couldn't sleep

It said, "'Crae I know you love Me, I need you to feed My sheep"

Tears streaming as I weep, felt I heard the Lord speak

I've been running from You, but You never ran away from me

It was people that hurt me, it wasn't God, though

I let the church trauma turn into a God wound

I learned the western world has twisted up the Scriptures, so when I re-enlisted

I learned the eastern context the way that Jesus meant it

My peace has been cemented, my soul has been re-lifted

My deconstruction ended, reconstruction is beginning

My peace has been cemented, my soul has been re-lifted

My deconstruction ended, reconstruction is beginning

Find your way, find your way

Find your way, find your way

Find your way back home

No, time won't take too long, put it behind you

You can still find your way, find your way

Find your way, find your way

Find your way back home

When you feel too far gone

He can still find you

I'll never be the same

Be the same

I'm comin' back to you

Coming back