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For people who still don’t see anything wrong with cultural appropriation, who still call cornrows “boxer braids”, “Kim K braids” or whatever - our cornrows symbolize liberation and freedom, it’s not your trendy hairstyle, it actually does have a history.

Since slaves were never taught to write and drawing directions was dangerous, because they could lead to them being discovered, captured, sold again or even killed by their master.

To reduce the risk of being discovered, women started weaving the maps in their hair, carving out paths with their cornrows. Some of the patterns even had hidden messages!

Yes, braiding existed in Africa way before, but it got a whole new meaning when Europeans enslaved millions of people. So next time you decide to go for a “Kim K look”, do a little research before you end up disrespecting someone’s culture and just, in all honesty, looking silly.

#AppreciateDontAppropriate

thecarvingwitch

That’s the most fucking badass thing that i think I’ve ever read

chinnychinchinn

https://www.google.com/amp/s/hotspotatl.com/3545477/mapping-out-freedom-escaped-slaves-used-braids-for-direction/amp/ here is the link for all you dickheads in the comments saying it’s not legit…

thankforthecross

Pray. The best advice I could ever give you. Just pray.

(via thankforthecross)

naturalpalettes

lhightening

get this tapestry

evalawyer

If you’re not willing to put in the work, how can you expect to succeed?

blackourstory

You’ve heard about it before but… here it is. In your face. It was REAL. Black people don’t make this stuff up.

adventuringwithvic

hiclifton

Notice that Peter [in 1 Peter 1:6-7] does not say, “You used to rejoice in Christ, but now you are in a time of pain and suffering. But don’t worry, you will rejoice again.” Nor does he say, “It’s good to see that during these trials and tribulations, you are not sad or filled with grief, but you are rejoicing in Jesus.” Peter does not pit these things against each other. He does not say that we can either rejoice in Christ or wail and cry out in pain, but that we can do both. No, not only can we do both, we must do both if we are to grow through our suffering rather than be wrecked by it. This is a difficult concept for modern Western people, since we think of our feelings as almost holy, sovereign things. We either feel happy or we don’t, and, we think, we can’t force our feelings. And that is right; we must not deny or try to create feelings. But we must remember that in the Bible, the “heart” is not identical to emotions. The heart is understood as the place of your deepest commitments, trusts, and hopes. From these commitments flow our emotions, thoughts, and actions. To “rejoice” in God means to dwell on and remind ourselves of who God is, who we are, and what he has done for us. Sometimes our emotions respond and follow when we do this, and sometimes they do not. But therefore we must not define rejoicing as something that precludes feelings of grief, or doubt, weakness, and pain. Rejoicing in suffering happens within sorrow. Here is how it works. The grief and sorrow drive you more into God… . look at Jesus. He was perfect, right? And yet he goes around crying all the time. He is always weeping, a man of sorrows. Do you know why? Because he is perfect. Because when you are not all absorbed in yourself, you can feel the sadness of the world. And therefore, what you actually have is that the joy of the Lord happens inside the sorrow. It doesn’t come after the sorrow. It doesn’t come after the uncontrollable weeping. The weeping drives you into the joy, it enhances the joy, and then the joy enables you to actually feel your grief without its sinking you. In other words, you are finally emotionally healthy.

Tim Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering

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Tim Keller, on point as usual.

ABOUT ME

Allow me to introduce myself as I reinvent my little space. My name is Ashleigh Amanda. I was born in 1993. This page shows you all some of things I like, the things I dream, what I like to do and the things I believe in.

Journey to the Centre- what does that mean? It was inspired by my constant journey, my earnest search for the things that are near and dear to the heart of the Lord. The “journey” embodies my love for the scripture Isaiah 52:7-- “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!”.

My heart is that my feet would be some of those beautiful feet- that I would be used to bring good news and proclaim peace to the lost..