In Common: The Tables Turned For Luther with Blond Curls

One of the greatest American dance icons in history was Luther Robinson, aka Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, a black tap dancer who developed and taught  American Swing dance style from 1892 until his death in 1959. After Robinson's success, many black street dancers became known as "Bojangles." Raised by his grandmother, a former slave in Richmond, Virginia and despite his continued fame suffered racial segregation and discrimination.  Meistro Robinson taught and coached many of America's greatest dancers including Shirley Temple, Eleanor Powell, Florence Mills, and Fred Astaire. 1 

Shirley Temple was a privileged preschooler with curly blond hair and pushed by her mother to the entertainment industry and later squandered Shirley's wealth. When Shirley met the Dance Master Robinson, they had a spiritual connection. Robinson taught Shirley Temple how to entertain and Shirley gave Mr. Robinson a pure and loving friend for life. Their chemistry is seen in films, The Little Colonel, The Little Rebel, and Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm. 

Today, I see the same chemistry on screen with the and new Korean film Swing Kids 2. During the Korean Conflict, an African American sergeant is ordered to teach tap dancing to a communist North Korean prisoner of war. A Black American high-rank soldier who suffers such a life of racial discrimination has to connect to a communist soldier who is conditioned to accept and die for his oppressed state. 

I wonder what would happen if we who are so very uniquely designed by the Creator could really connect and find The Holy Cause together and make a difference for the honor of the Creator and the betterment of humanity than the constant demands for power. 

God have mercy on us who claim to know Him and God have mercy on the whole world.

1. http://atdf.org/awards/bojangles.html

2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7046974/

Humanity: Baby's High Chair

My mother loves to tell a story that when I was a baby, my family ate at Colonel Sanders' Kenny Kings Restaurant. I was just barely old enough to sit up on my own and was provided a high chair from which I happily played with my food and throwing it on the floor. Colonel Sanders was delighted to clean me, the high chair, and the floor. Mother loved telling this story no doubt due to his loving personality and Colonel Sanders was from her home state of Kentucky. Colonel Sanders always looked clean in his white hair and suit.

I always thought of high chairs as very dirty space that always required cleaning and sanitizing and the babies who used them were uncontrollable while being in a confined space. Not every child can use a high chair.

The high chair confinement can be a throne, oval office, corporate founder or owner's office, and a dreadful place of human sacrifice. The high chair of authority, the lead chair, first chair, the chairman's position is a place that will never tolerate self centered ambition at the expense of the people they are supposed to serve. If the leader becomes self gratifying, then they will quickly fall.

As people who follow a higher authority, we are obligated and required to pray and fast for our leaders. If they make mistakes, we must take the responsibility. If we earnestly pray for our leaders, then our lives will be led by our Benevolent Creator.

Stop the critics and simply pray for our leaders. Only God can help the leaders if we pray.