Editor,
The Bahamas as a nation is profoundly hypocritical. We profess “Christianity,” yet we are blatantly ungodly and apostates of the highest order. I make no apologies for this stance, and if it were possible, I would plead the very blood of Jesus on this nation. This particular time of the year is supposed to bring out the very best in all of us who are of sound mind and motivated by agape love.
There is a “half” of a man in a wheelchair, just south of the Esso Gas Station on the six-legged roundabout heading into J.F. Kennedy Drive, who has been living there for several weeks. The Ministries of Social Services, Public Works & Family Island Affairs, and National Security are just a stone’s throw away from this son of the soil.
It is clear to me that he may have serious mental health issues and may have been abandoned by family and friends. He appears to sleep on the pavement, wrapped up in old clothing and newspapers. There is a prominent Baptist-based church just around the way. Up on Davis Street are several more so-called Houses of the Lord with grandiose names and big-time pastors. Yet, like in the days of old, the priest walked on the other side of the road, the Levite did not even look his way, and the others hurried past.
All of our politicians and many Bahamians are gearing up for the Christmas season and all its trimmings, yet we have at least one Bahamian whom most of us appear to have forgotten.
How and when did we get like this? The proverbial good life is fleeting and may not last as long as many of us would like. While we are alive, however, it is all about advancing the Kingdom of God right here on Earth—no more, no less. “The least that you do for one of these, you do for me,” it is written. Where is The Bahamas Christian Council and the other organizations?
Hams and turkeys have their place in the grand scheme of things, but what about the less fortunate among us? Will it be more of the same—mouthing the “right” words but doing the exact opposite? Is it any wonder that so many Bahamians have hardened their hearts and now wax cold towards fellow human beings?
Written by:
Ortland H. Bodie Jr
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