homogenous: adj. Of the same kind; alike, similar. Having the same composition throughout; of uniform make-up
We are living out a paradox. Our nation, the United States of America, is divided. Yet there is a push to eliminate voices which are contrary to a prescribed and predetermined thought pattern. (Isn't that called censorship?) In other words, those in power are demanding our nation's citizens become homogenized. Dissenters are labeled phobic, racist, terrorist, or the next popular catch phrase that will become a trend-setter..
Conforming, becoming homogenous, is the antithesis of being recognized as individual creations. It is our God-given right to be our own person--which includes having personal thoughts, opinions, and perspectives. NO ONE has the license to discount them because they either don't like them or disagree. Neither do they have the authority to label, silence, nor require I become part of the mix and become "homogenized."
I am the daughter of a farmer who raised milk cows. I know that raw milk separates, and the cream rises to the top. Homogenized milk is milk which undergoes high pressure, dispersing the fat so there is no identifiable separation.
Those of us who are refusing to conform are under an enormous amount of pressure. I say "Leave that process for milk. I am my own person."
Be true to yourself--before God--and watch the cream rise. That's where the quality is, the high-dollar stuff. Ask any dairyman who gets paid by the amount of butterfat in the milk his cows produce.
It's in the separation, not the homogenization.
Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord.
,,,I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 6: 17, 18 NRSVUE
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