LET FREEDOM RING

 

ANTWONE FISHER
HAS A
STORY TO TELL
OF FREEDOM
IN
HIS BOOK
"FINDING FISH"
AND
HIS MOVIE
"ANTWONE FISHER"
BOTH
WRITTEN BY ANTWONE
THERE IS A TRAGIC TALE
OF
PAIN, ABUSE
HUMILIATION AND DEFEAT
A YOUNG MAN
NOT INVITED
NOT WELCOME

IN
THIS WORLD
OR
SO IT SEEMED
AT THE BEGINNING . . .

HE LIVED AND BREATHED
THROUGH YEARS
OF ABUSE
FEELING WORTHLESS
AND
WITHOUT
PURPOSE

WHEN
WOULD
THE "SUN SHINE"
FOR THIS YOUNG MAN?

WHEN
WOULD IT STOP
"RAINING" HATRED
EVEN
FOR ONE DAY?

THE
DAYS PASSED SLOWLY
INTO THE NIGHTS
BUT
THERE WAS LITTLE
TO
TAKE HOLD OF
AND
EMBRACE TIGHTLY TO HIS SOUL
OF
BEAUTY AND HOPE

ALL
WAS PAIN
AND
ANGUISH
AND
DESPAIR

HOW
DOES THIS
TRAGIC TALE END?

IT ENDS
WITH A BOY
STANDING IN A FIELD
READY
FOR HARVEST
LOOKING AT A LARGE STRUCTURE
A BARN
DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM
AND
KNOWING THAT
HE IS
WELCOME THERE
HE IS
FULLY "AT HOME"
WITH THE PEOPLE INSIDE
AND THERE IS
A FEAST SET IN HIS HONOR

A FABLE?
A DREAM OF THE IMAGINATION
TO GET THIS LITTLE BOY
THROUGH
TO DAYS OF HOPE?
PERHAPS
A LITTLE MORE . . .
IT'S AMAZING WHAT CAN BE FOUND
BEHIND BARN DOORS

FOR YOU SEE
THERE IS A THIN LINE
BETWEEN
HEAVEN AND EARTH
THERE IS
A
"HOLE" IN THE WALL
FOR PEOPLE
TO PASS THROUGH
TO THE
OTHER SIDE

I
HAVE TAKEN
ANTWONE THERE
MANY TIMES
TO
SHOW HIM THAT
HE BELONGS

THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN HE ONLY KNEW
ABUSE
AND
HATRED
AND
HOPELESSNESS
BUT
A NEW DAY
WAS COMING
WHEN HE WOULD FIND
LOVE AND HOPE
IT WAS JUST
"AROUND THE CORNER"

HE STRUGGLED
TO SURVIVE
THE
DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS
WHICH HARBORED HIM
UNTIL
HE COULD COME OF AGE

HE STRUGGLED
TO BE "GOOD"

HE STRUGGLED
TO BECOME
A MAN OF HONOR AND LOVE

HE WANTED
TO BE
NEW AGAIN

THIS FOURTH LESSON
IN FREEDOM
HAS TO DO
WITH
YOUNG ANTWONE
AND
HOW HE SURVIVED
TO LIVE TO MANHOOD
AS A MAN
OF
HONOR AND PROMISE

FREEDOM
TRUE FREEDOM
COMES FROM KNOWING
WHO YOU ARE
AND
WHERE
YOU BELONG

HE KNEW
IN HIS SOUL
THAT HE
COULD NOT
TRULY BELONG TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ABUSED HIM
HE KNEW
THAT THERE
HAD TO BE
A FATHER OR A MOTHER
NEARBY
WHO WOULD CLAIM HIM
HE HOPED
FOR A
FATHER TO WALK BY HIS SIDE
AND BE
PROUD OF HIM

KNOW
WHO YOU BELONG TO
PEOPLE
KNOW
THAT
I AM
YOUR FATHER

I
LONG TO BE
THE PROUD FATHER
THAT WALKS
BESIDE YOU

YOUNG ANTWONE
WAS NOT
TREATED
WITH THE
AFFECTION AND LOVE
OF A
FAMILY
BUT
HE DREAMED
OH HOW HE DREAMED
 OF A
PLACE WHERE
HE HAD WORTH
AND
WAS LOVED

YOU BELONG
PEOPLE
YOU BELONG
TO
ME
IF
YOU WILL EMBRACE
ME
AS YOUR OWN

YOU ARE MY CHILD
MY OWN BEGOTTEN ONE


COME AND KNOW
YOUR HERITAGE AND RANKING
IN
ME

KNOW
ME
AS
YOUR FATHER

LESSON NUMBER FIVE
HAS
MORE TO DO
WITH
ANTWONE'S FUTURE

STILL
A YOUNG MAN
WITH CHILDREN
OF HIS OWN
HE HAS
BECOME ALL
THAT HE HAD HOPED
TO BECOME
HE IS
A MAN OF LOVE
AND
HOPE
AND
HUMOR
AND
AFFECTION
HE PROVIDES
FOR HIS FAMILY
AND
LOVES HIS CHILDREN
AS
HE WAS NEVER LOVED
OR
PROVIDED FOR

LESSON NUMBER FIVE
REVEALS
THE EFFECTS OF ABUSE
ON AN INDIVIDUAL
AND THE
COUNTER-EFFECTS OF THE FIGHTING
WHICH THE SOUL AFFORDS
ANTWONE FOUGHT
TO BECOME
THE
OPPOSITE OF ALL
THAT HE EXPERIENCED
IN
THOUGHT AND DEED
HE FOUGHT
A FIGHT OF FREEDOM
TO BECOME
THE
"COUNTER-CULTURE"
HE WAS
BROUGHT TO A CHURCH
AND ASKED
TO PERFORM
AND
EXHIBIT BEHAVIOR
TO PROVE
AN ALLEGIANCE
BUT
HE KNEW IT WAS FALSE
HE WALKED OUT
OF
THE
CHURCH
LIKE AN
"Outlaw getting run out of town"
WHY?

WHY
WOULD A CHILD
LEAVE A CHURCH?

EVERYONE
BELIEVES
THAT CHILDREN
ARE TAUGHT
GOOD BEHAVIOR IN CHURCHES
HE MUST BE
BAD
TO LEAVE
TO RUN AWAY
FROM THIS INSTITUTION
BUT
LISTEN, FRIENDS
ALL
HE SAW
WAS HYPOCRISY
ALL
HE FELT
WAS JUDGMENT
ALL
HE KNEW THERE
WAS CONFUSION

I
COME
TO SET PEOPLE

ALL
PEOPLE FREE

FROM THE INSTITUTION
OF THE CHURCH
 
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THE
CHURCH
WHICH CALLS YOU
TO PERFORM
WHICH ENCOURAGES YOU
TO
"LOOK GOOD"
AND
DRESS GOOD
FOR
ALL TO SEE
WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF SIN
ON THE INSIDE

RUN
FROM THESE PLACES
PEOPLE
RUN
AND
DON'T LOOK BACK
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FOR AS LONG
AS YOU EMBRACE
THEIR BELIEFS
IN AN
IMPOTENT SAVIOUR
AND
CONTROLLABLE
WEAK LORD
YOU WILL BECOME
JUST AS
THEY ARE

IF
YOUNG ANTWONE
HAD NOT
FOUGHT
IN
HIS SOUL
THE ABUSE
WHICH HE ENCOUNTERED
EVERY DAY
IN
HIS FOSTER HOME
HE COULD HAVE BECOME
A PARENT WHO ABUSES
BUT
HE FOUGHT
BECAUSE
HE KNEW THAT
WHAT THEY WERE DOING
WAS WRONG
AND
DAMAGING TO THE SOUL

I
TELL YOU TODAY
WHAT THE CHURCHES
TEACH AND PREACH
IS WRONG
AND
WILL
DAMN THE SOUL
TO ETERNAL HELL


THEY APPEAL
TO THOSE WHO WANT
EASY GRACE
AND A
PAT ON THE BACK
WHO CAN PERFORM
AND
LOOK RIGHT
AND
WEAR THE RIGHT CLOTHES
AND
SAY THE RIGHT THINGS
TO
EACH OTHER
AND
TO
THE LEADERS

REBEL, FRIENDS

LEAVE
THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
THE CHURCH
BE
SET FREE

FROM
SATAN'S WAYS
OF
CONTROLLING PEOPLE


IF
MY HOLY SPIRIT
LIVES WITHIN YOU
YOU WILL LIVE

IN
HONOR
AND
LOVE
AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS

YOU
WON'T
HAVE TO ACT
A
CERTAIN WAY
FOR
APPROVAL

YOU WILL SIMPLY
"BE"
RIGHTEOUS

I
WILL BE
WITHIN YOU
IN
GREAT POWER

TO
PROVE
MY MESSAGE


AND NOW
A MESSAGE
FOR
ANTWONE FISHER:

I AM
THE FATHER
WHO WALKS BESIDE YOU
SON
AND
TELLS YOU
THAT
I AM
PROUD OF YOU

I AM
THE ONE
WHO BROUGHT
YOU FORTH
AND
I
DID NOT
GIVE YOU
A HOME
OR
A FAMILY
OR
A PLACE OF REST
FOR
YOUR YOUNG SOUL
FOR
I
HAD A MESSAGE
TO TELL
THROUGH YOUR LIFE

A
YOUNG MOTHER
HOPED
TO
HAVE YOU
TO
KEEP YOU
BUT
IT
DID NOT
BRING
YOU "HOME"

A
FATHER DIED
BEFORE
YOU WERE BORN
AND
WOULDN'T HE
HAVE BEEN PROUD OF YOU?

YOU
HAD GRANDPARENTS
AND AUNTS AND UNCLES
WHICH WOULD HAVE
PASSED YOU AROUND
AND
LOVED YOU
AND
CARED
AND
COMFORTED
AND
DREAMED WITH YOU
BUT
I
ONLY
GAVE
YOU
ONE THING
IN
THE BEGINNING

I GAVE
YOU A DREAM
A DREAM OF YOUR REAL HOME
I GAVE
YOU A HOPE OF BEING LOVED
AND WELCOMED
I GAVE
YOU A PIECE OF YOUR REAL "HOME"
IN THE TOUCH OF A DREAM

LATER
I GAVE
YOU THE STRENGTH TO FIGHT
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL
AGAINST THE EVIL
I GAVE
YOU PEACE
TO KNOW THAT
YOU COULD BECOME
A MAN OF HONOR
AND
THINGS TURNED AROUND

YOU
FOUGHT
AND
YOU FOUGHT HARD
TO BECOME
A TRUE MAN
OF
STRENGTH AND PURPOSE
AND LOOK
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
YOU HAVE BROUGHT
THIS WORLD
TO ITS KNEES IN SHAME
FOR THEIR TREATMENT
OF SO
MANY CHILDREN
JUST AS YOU WERE
YOU
CHANGED THE LIVES
OF MANY
WHO HOPE TO WIN AGAINST
A SYSTEM
BUT
SIMPLY GIVE UP
YOU'VE
GIVEN HOPE
TO A WHOLE GENERATION
OF CHILDREN
YOUNG MAN

ONE BOY "DIES"
BUT IN
THIS
"DEATH"
MANY MORE
WILL LIVE

THANK YOU, SON
FOR
FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
FOR
HOPING AND DREAMING
AND
BECOMING MY MAN
A MAN
WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY
AND
TEACHES BY EXAMPLE
ALL THAT IS
GOOD AND RIGHT

I AM
PROUD OF YOU, ANTWONE
SO VERY PROUD
BE FREE
IN
ME
FOREVERMORE
YOUR
TRUE "HOME"
IS
ALWAYS FOUND
IN
ME


LESSON NUMBER SIX
TAKES A TURN
FROM
THE FIRST FIVE

IT SOLEMNLY INVOLVES
THE MOVIE
"TRAINING DAY"

"You have to decide
if
you are a wolf or a sheep"

"To protect the sheep
you have to catch the wolf."

HOW
TRUE IS THIS?

I
KNOW
THAT THERE ARE STILL
PASTORS AND LEADERS
OF
CHURCHES WHICH READ
THIS SECTION

YOU
MUST DECIDE
THIS DAY
IF
YOU ARE
A "WOLF OR A SHEEP"

THE WOLVES
I
WILL
FULLY DEVOUR

IN THE
COMING DAYS

IF
YOU
WANT TO LEAD
YOUR PEOPLE
IF
YOU
WANT YOUR PEOPLE
TO BE PROTECTED
IF
YOU
WANT
ME
TO BE
LORD AND KING
OF
YOUR CONGREGATION
YOU
MUST SURRENDER
YOUR CONTROL
YOUR "WOLF-WAYS"
TO
ME
YOUR JOB
AS PASTOR
IS A
SHEPHERD
ONE
WHO PROTECTS
AND
LAYS HIS LIFE
DOWN FOR THE SHEEP

BUT
THE PASTORS
OF
THIS DAY
ARE MOSTLY WOLVES

YOU KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE
YOU
COMPROMISE
NOT ONLY
YOUR OWN LIVES
TO
ATTRACT PEOPLE
TO
YOUR CHURCH
BUT YOU
DO NOT
PREACH ON
RIGHTEOUSNESS
TO
PROTECT THE PEOPLE
YOU
JUST WANT
TO
LOVE
THE PEOPLE
INTO
THE KINGDOM
BUT
I
TELL YOU
THE TRUTH
IF
THE PEOPLE
DO NOT
FORSAKE THEIR SIN
THEY
WILL SURELY BE
DESTROYED
IN
THESE LAST DAYS

IF
YOU
DO NOT
TELL THEM
TO
REPENT FULLY
YOU ARE
FULLY ACCOUNTABLE
FOR
EVERY SIN
WHICH THEY HOLD TO

THINK ABOUT IT
PASTORS

YOUR RECKONING DAY HAS COME

THE
TOUGH "WOLF" COP
IN THE MOVIE
LOST
HIS LIFE
HE
DID NOT
SURVIVE

HE
DID NOT
DO HIS JOB WELL

HE
LOST IT ALL
AND YOU WILL
TOO

LAST WARNING



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