Spirit of the Eagle

“People need to wake up. They can’t hear God’s voice if they’re asleep.” –Vernon Cooper, LUMBEE

Black Elk, a Sioux, talks about the hoop of many hoops. He says that above the people is a hoop, a conscience, the total belief of the people. If the hoop is sick, meaning dysfunctional, co-dependent, a lot of alcoholism, family abuse, violence, racism and sexual abuse, the people can get used to this and think this is normal. In other words, the people are asleep. If we have left the spiritual way of life, the people are asleep. If we are giving our power to another entity, the people are asleep. In most tribes, there are Coyote Clans. The job of the Coyote Clan people is to wake the people up. They need to become a nuisance and irritate the people. We must return to the spiritual walk.

Oh Great Spirit, keep me awake today. Let me hear the voices of our ancestors…let me hear the voices of the Grandfathers. Because everybody is doing it doesn’t make things right. Let me hear the truth today and become a coyote for the people. Give me the courage to be willing to be different. Let me walk straight on the Red Road.

I really needed to read this today. I have a huge task looming in front of me… a ministry that God has called me to…and I have to answer that call. I have to be the one to awaken the people who are asleep in their sins, asleep in their wrong thinking, and show them the glory of God. I have to be the one to show them that they can change. I have to be the example to show them that change is not just possible, but that this change is also desirable.