The Children of God

The children of God.

We are all born equal no? All beloved by someone. All of us special to God. So why do we not live equally? If we are all special to God? The answer is simple. We’re all craven. I stopped by 2 scenes today where an ambulance should be called. I called the ambulance both times. But the amount of people who walked by like a Pharisee was inhumane. One was a mother with children. She fainted. The other was a man in his mid twenties. He slipped and fell in this awful weather. Yet people walked by and didn’t say or do anything. How cruel. Do you not have relatives? Do you not want to be helped when you are in need? So why would you leave someone’s son in the street? Especially the man. People don’t help men. Especially black men. But a healthy male does not fall down, lie on the ground for a while because he’s “faking” he’s least likely to fake it. He needed medical attention and love and care and humanity. And people walked past him like he is not a child of God. Like he is not precious in the sight of the almighty. I feel like I am more sensitive because my dad was a diabetic with laryngeal cancer and if anyone left my father in the street to die on an autumn evening I would be glocking you, and your family too. Really serious about that. He’s my father. I only get one. And you, heartless creatures left him to die? I’ll kill you. Because if my father’s life isn’t sacred… then neither is yours. Meanwhile people had left these two victims of bad weather and bad health in the streets. The lady was a woman in her late 40’s. Her niece walked past her like a stranger. The only reason I know it was her niece was because the victims sister was waiting for the ambulance with her and it was her daughter that walked past. So she shouted at her daughter “come back here and ask if your auntie Karen is alright!” You would never know the two women were related. Complete blanking of the victim because she had blood on her face. No one cares if you don’t like blood. Your aunt is in a very serious condition. She has the potential to (God forbid) die from her injuries and you are concerned about your feelings in this??? I personally think it’s because there’s no threat to the niece for her disrespect. No consequences. Because if I was in that situation, I’d behave hella differently because not just because I care for my fellow humans, but if my mum was just the fear of the consequences of my mother’s wrath would keep me straight. That adolescent did not fear anything bad happening to her aunt. Nor did she fear her mother’s fury. So she literally walked on by.

With the man I now realise I should have done more. I stopped. I spoke to him. I called an ambulance but I should have bent over to make it easier for him. More human. Because he was my second person of the day I think I was more task focused. But I flagged down someone to help and he took over the humanitarian side whilst I talked to the operator. I’m glad I stopped. I’m glad he’s okay (I’d have preferred he get into an ambulance rather than risk a concussion or God forbid, brain bleed.)I pray for both of them. But ultimately I shouldn’t have had to stop. Plenty of people walked away without a care in the world. Not giving a damn if you were potentially witnessing someone’s last moments.

Get your head from your phone and out of your backside and look at your fellow human… before you neglect them and regret it for the rest of your life. You won’t remember the app you were on or the thing you had to do. You will however remember the person whose hand you held whilst they slipped into eternity. Or in better circumstances the person whose life you saved.

Pray for both of them. God help them. And God help us all of you are in need of mercy in these savage streets.

Grace and Courage

Annetta Mother Smith