I am not an architect, even my dollhouses needed work but despite me being inept at building physical structures I am a huge proponent of building bridges with others. Why a bridge, because bridges join. There are so many things that separate us: geography, economics, language, belief systems and, unfortunately even in 2018, race. But just because we’re historically been separated doesn't mean we have to stay that way. We can choose unity, sisterhood and chose to love by building bridges. By building a bridge we publicly and privately declare we refuse to allow what we've been indoctrinated to believe about those things to continue to be the rationale for separating us from each other (1 Cor. 1:10). Bridges are not impossible to build but they require work. Work by listening without judgment. I choose to build bridges by treating everyone as though they are equally beautiful, intelligent, gifted, deserving of love and worthy of respect. What about you? How are you building bridges? Blessings, Rev. Antoinette
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AuthorRev. Antoinette Gatewood-Sykes, Inspirational Speaker Archives
May 2019
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