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People in the News

Sunday, May 18, 2025

People in the News

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Letter to the Editor: If I died today

Image: Viola's VIsion via Flickr
Image: Viola’s VIsion via Flickr

I am writing this email today because my spirit is vexed. I am tired of all the hate. I am tired of people using others and never giving anything back to others that they can easily help. I am tired of feeling separated from a loving God who seems a million miles away a lot to me. I am tired of seeing people die needlessly over greed and jealously and racism.

I am so tired of Negroes, Hispanics and other ethnicities that have no sense of belonging to each other who are experiencing the same injustices everyday and see no need to have pride in the way God made them!

I am telling God today that if I died today it will be alright with me. There is just too much false love and affection in this world. God help the children who are yet to grow up in this  corrupt world. If I died today I would want somehow to be able to talk to everyone in the world right before I had my last breath and tell them that they got to live their love for each other more, every minute and do all they individually can to show love and share love at all times.

I would tell everyone to find what God has put them here for and to do it with all their heart.I would tell everybody I love you with an  Agape love from my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! If I died today I would want all my children and family to  know that I lived my life to help people. I love being used by God to help people.

Anthony Bond, Irving