Reflection:
Another Layer of Light
Let’s reflect on this truth—raw and unfiltered.
You cannot claim Christ and celebrate cruelty.
You don’t get to call yourself a Christian while cheering for policies that make the poor work in the fields like indentured laborers, just because migrants—the ones who used to pick the crops—have been imprisoned, deported, or used as political pawns. In some states, Medicaid recipients may soon be forced to work the land in exchange for basic healthcare. Does that sound like the gospel of Jesus to you—or the chains of Pharaoh?
Christ healed the sick freely. He fed the hungry with no strings attached. He never once demanded proof of worthiness. But in America, we turn healthcare into labor camps, classrooms into battlegrounds, and the poor into prey for profit. We deport the desperate and build holding pens for the unwanted—modern-day concentration camps dressed in patriotic language and cloaked in the lie of “freedom.”
You can’t walk into church on Sunday and pretend this is okay.
This country was not founded on Christianity—our forefathers made that clear. But let’s say, for argument’s sake, you believe it was. Then answer this: How can a nation built on Christ allow this kind of cruelty to fester? How can the same people who preach “family values” rip families apart and then make the poor pick produce for pennies?
If you look at what’s happening and feel nothing—or worse, approval—you are not following Christ. You are following empire. You are kneeling at the altar of greed and cruelty. And no matter how many crosses you wear or flags you salute, your god is not Jesus—it is money, power, and fear.
Insight:
Christ didn’t tell the sick to work the fields for healing. He didn’t tell the hungry to earn their bread through humiliation. He never punished the poor for being poor. He called out the rich, the hypocrites, the ones who claimed holiness while crushing others under the weight of their laws. If Jesus were walking America today, he wouldn’t be standing with Congress—he’d be in the fields, in the prisons, in the detention centers. And he’d be flipping every table along the way.
Closing Thought:
If you’re comfortable in a system that makes others suffer just to survive, don’t ask if they’re Christian—ask if you are.
🌿 “You carry the divine spark—let it speak.”
🌿 “Gnosis begins when we are honest—with ourselves and each other.”
🌿 “Pain is not the end of the path—it’s often the start of awakening.”
