BeauLea Official DEI Statement

It's all the rage. If you want to be recognized anywhere in the decade of the '20's, you must have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement. This morning, I ran across this statement from the International Clarinet Association that seemed to me full of division; the opposite of inclusion! Evidently, it is supposed to "give strength to the voices of underrepresented populations in our industry." Wait. Doesn't good music stand on its own? I thought we were here to play beautiful music, not divide us all up into how we believe, how we look or how we love. Here is my statement:

There is neither Jew nor Greek,

There is neither slave nor free,

There is no male and female,

For you are all one in 

Christ Jesus

-Galatians 3:28

 What do I see with statements other than the above? I see politically motivated people with a different perspective than me. They may say I am hateful or afraid of them because of their perspective. I have no idea where that thought comes from. The Apostle Paul wrote the above statement; words given to him by God The Holy Spirit. He had a lot more to say about it in a letter in 1 Corinthians chapter 13. 

(An early draft of my 1 Corinthians 13 project)

 I actually love how he sums it all up at the end of chapter 13:

11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 12For James 1:23; [Num. 12:8; Job 36:26; 2 Cor. 3:18; 5:7]now we see in a mirror dimly, but 1 John 3:2; See Matt. 5:8then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as See ch. 8:3I have been fully known. 13So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

            1 Corinthians 13. https://my.bible.com/bible/59/1CO.13

I suppose that the prevailing and underlying idea is that of Progressivism. I prefer the statement that has endured for 2000 years; that unites, not divides. The idea that was given to us from a Source far wiser, powerful and eternal than any political fad that comes our way. 

I am far from perfect. No one on this beautiful planet is or was, except Jesus. That's why I think I will stick to His statements. 

James 1:23; [Num. 12:8; Job 36:26; 2 Cor. 3:18; 5:7]now we see in a mirror dimly, but 

1 John 3:2; See Matt.then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as 

See ch. 8I have been fully known.13
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.