Dear Editor,
My motivation for this letter comes from a speech piece I wrote and prepared students to present at the last Jamaica Day celebration. It was entitled ‘Jamaica chose me; I chose Jamaica.’ As I wrote, it was as if I felt God pushed His hands from beneath Jamaica, formed and equipped me, then stood me up in this nation to uphold the good and the right. I saw our resilience, our never-say-die, indomitable spirit, and I knew God set it like that so we can do exploits that point back to Him and give Him glory.
I mentioned in the piece that at times some people in Jamaica cause her to frown.Today I write as a call to others, as I feel Jamaica waiting, in that full personification of a human being. She is waiting and pacing, longing to self-actualise and become all that she can be as a leader-nation.
Some among us resign ourselves to just going with the flow. They ask, “What can poor little me do?” You can do a lot! Just do not settle. Make a difference. You have creative juices, vitality, and bubbly drive. You now need to choose Jamaica, for all the dynamism she embodies to enable you, and her, to dream and soar.
To make this new Jamaica that we are expecting, I must impact Jamaica, you must impact Jamaica. We are not here because it is our lot, or it just so happens. We were strategically placed here as agents or ambassadors working in tandem with God, who sent us. We are not the only ones; there is a massive number of us working cohesively to impact Jamaica positively.
In 1 Kings 19:18, Elijah was reassured that he was not the only one doing the Lord’s work; there were 7,000 who had not bowed their knees to Baal. That ratio may still be significantly multiplied in Jamaica today for each one serious nation-changer. Let us not hang our heads or hands down, saying, “Whatever will be, will be.”
Impact Jamaica now!
Take that necessary stand today. Ask those pertinent questions, and resist that ridiculous mandate! Stand! So that someone who is somewhat weak-kneed, and the young will be impacted by your stance.
Remember, Jamaica chose you to make an impact on life, living, and her great future. You choose Jamaica now, and stand!
I am,
Georgia Campbell