Diversity

Flushing, or Queens for that matter, is filled with so many different skin colors. This is not a strange sight for me growing up as home has a similar feel. But for the last 7 years in Kansas, diversity draws a picture of minority. It is more than just colors as people who have moved to Kansas has found themselves slowly brewing into their culture and the habits. It is still a predominantly white community at large.

However New York paints a different picture. I came close to a culture shock, or better phrasing it as, culture-wake upon my first few months of arrival. Like I said, it is not something new to me, but 7 years of monotony does lead one asleep for a while. Here I thought that I have an expertise on diversity but I was only in kindergarten of the matter.

Diversity is something on the rise, even in the realm of Christianity. More and more ministries are focusing on a global effort that covers not just the geographical aspect of people's needs but also the vast differences of culture and mentality.

God painted a picture of diversity in heaven as all come together as one under the name of Jesus. So diversity can be a beautiful thing, but as much beauty diversity brings, is as much ugliness of their own ways piggybacked in. I have certainly experienced plenty of ugliness since my arrival to Flushing.

Remember that God started diversity in the first place to disorientate the people from going forth with the tower of Babel. Diversity(which was seen differently then) was the culprit that frustrated everyone to go their own ways. 

But now God is calling all back together for a purpose. As under the same Son, we are no longer fighting for our own cause. Will you come together for that one cause?