I think that our ancestors were telling us that there is power in the collective reverence and action of praying, but that when you don’t hear or see anyone connecting with the power of the divine, it is just as powerful when we ourselves take action and go into prayer, which is ultimately communication with “Great Spirit”! Our ancestors would never have overcome and come through the perils and tyranny of slavery without their “Faith” and ability to communicate with the principalities of the heavenly host of angels and “Great Spirit”. What might look to some as just their relationship to Christianity, it goes to even a deeper level connecting back to their cultural identity as Africans. They could relate to the “Christ Consciousness”, not just because of the indoctrination of the colonial influence, but because they had an already knowing that “Great Spirit” was real in their bones and blood, and that what Christ stood for was based on the principles of goodness, compassion, justice, equality, and most importantly-LOVE. I believe they are telling us to do what we do best and use our individual gifts as divine souls and our collective gifts as people who know how our faith has moved the mountains of hatred and racism.
Our faith in prayer has made us resilient and to this day, people are trying to figure out why we are who we are and why we thrive in the direst conditions that this world throws at us. We know that our reprieve, restoration, and rescue from harm’s way comes in ‘Great Spirits’ timing and in the way that is ultimately the best outcome for us. Wisdom and Love always trumps hate and evil.
Pray people! Answer their call to “action”. Let our prayers rock the earth so that love, peace, justice and compassion shine its magnetic force throughout this planet and cover humanity with its grace as an agent of change.
“ I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray”
COULDN’T HEAR NOBODY PRAY
An’ I couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O Lord!
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
O-way down yonder
By myself,
I couldn’t hear nobody pray,
In the valley,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
On my knees,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
With my burden,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
An’ my Savior,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O Lord!
I couldn’t hear nobody pray,
O Lord!
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O-way down yonder
By myself,
I couldn’t hear nobody pray.
Chilly waters,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
In the Jordan,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
Crossing over,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
Into Canaan,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O Lord!
I couldn’t hear nobody pray,
O Lord!
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O-way down yonder
By myself,
I couldn’t hear nobody pray.
Hallejuh!
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
Troubles over,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
In the Kingdom,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray,
With my Jesus,
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O Lord!
I couldn’t hear nobody pray,
O Lord!
Couldn’t hear nobody pray.
O-way down yonder
By myself,
I couldn’t hear nobody pray.
