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The Spirituals' Waiting Songs - Black Church (Isaiah 40:31)
Source: Cultural history83 words
Enslaved African Americans sang "My Lord, What a Morning" and "Soon and Very Soon"—songs of waiting. They waited for freedom that didn't come in their lifetimes. But the waiting wasn't resignation; it was resistance. Each song renewed strength for another day. "Those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength." The Black Church knows waiting isn't passive; it's survival, it's hope, it's defiance. They mounted up with wings like eagles—even in chains. Waiting on God sustained a people through centuries of oppression.
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