This was an interesting event to me, especially since I posted something about “Takers” on social media on August 1, 2015, this is a reoccurring theme in my life:
There have always been takers around me
Someone has always laid claim to something that rightfully belongs to me
As a child, takers broke up my family,
Takers took my body, and silenced my voice
Takers tried to take my child,
Takers tried to take my life, my joy, my mind
Takers taint relationships, friendships, and opportunities
Takers even taint the truth,
My identity, nationality, even my God has been tainted by takers,
Most of us don’t even know who we are, and whose we are
Now my birthright, my loving father’s memory and
All that he wanted for my sibling’s and me,
During a time of mourning is being tainted by takers
One thing that I have learned about takers is that they come in different forms,
Some come in the form of love, concern, drugs, alcohol, greed, hatred, pain, and selfishness,
However, it is all Satan, no matter how it is presented,
My Creator, has promised to restore what the locusts have eaten,
One thing that takers cannot have is my peace,
Because I am still standing
And I would not want to be on the losing side of a battle with a child of God.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)