Consecration – This Year I Will Surrender Again!
John Robert Lewis, an African-American, civil rights leader and Democratic Statesman from Georgia passed away on July 17, 2020, in the midst of The Covid 19 Pandemic. He was 80 years old and died from Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer. John was a sharecropper’s son and was called to preach at an early age. They say he used to preach to the chickens and baptize them. He suffered many blows to his body in his fight for freedom and equality in racist Alabama.
Just like Pastor Emeritus, the Late Reverend Morgan M. Days, John Robert Lewis was from my hometown, Troy, Alabama. I did not know John Lewis personally but watching his home-going celebration in Troy was a source of great pride and sadness for me, knowing that this one who got into good trouble was now gone. He had a great presence, and like so many, I have been inspired by him. As an activist, John Lewis led demonstrations against racially segregated restrooms, hotels, restaurants, public parks, and swimming pools, and he rose up against many other indignities. At nearly every turn he was beaten, spat upon, and burned with cigarettes. He was tormented by white mobs and suffered many body blows at the hands of white law enforcement. It looked like he was losing the fight, but when it was all said and done, he called it good trouble. Read more…