By Michael Smith | Reflective MVS
On TikTok, someone asked ChatGPT a question that hit like a gut punch:
“If you had to become human and represent God’s love and power, what race would you be born as—and why?”
And the AI answered truthfully—too truthfully for our comfort:
Black people.
Not because it's trendy, or politically convenient, or some marketable virtue signal. But because in a world hungry for kindness, Black individuals keep showing up with love under pressure, resistance under fire, collective grace that costs everything. That’s not survival—it’s a kind of holy resilience.
🌟 How One TikTok Question Sparked a Deeper Conversation
The video? Simple yet seismic. The question lingers. And the AI’s answer—rooted in endurance, justice, refusal to break—landed straight into our unspoken collective memory.
💡 Why “Black People” Isn’t a Compliment—It’s an Acknowledgement of Real Power
We’re not canonizing or sanctifying; we’re recognizing lived theology:
Endurance Through Centuries
Enslaved and surveilled, ghettoized and policed—yet the song, sermon, protest, and child-raising continued on with ferocious love.Forgiveness That Doesn’t Forget
From AME pulpits to mutual aid networks, Black communities forgive without erasing history.Communal Spiritual Practice as Justice
From Yoruba lineage to church choirs, from protest chants to blues bars—Black spiritual life intertwines grace and resistance.
The world borrows the vibe, but rarely acknowledges the origin. That origin is deep, complex, enduring.
📲 Meet Jen Hamilton: Nurse, Scripture Sharer, Culture Shaker
On TikTok, Jen—your local labor-and-delivery nurse—does something radical: she reads scripture not as Sunday fluff, but as calling cards for accountability.
In one clip (7.5M+ views), she calmly reads from Matthew 25 under the comment:
“I am happily MAGA and absolutely love Jesus.”
Her response isn’t passive:
“When you did it to one of the least of these… you did it to me.”
No sermon, no fire-and-brimstone. Just quiet grit. Heartfelt storytelling that punctures colonial theology and says: Christ looks like compassion, not conformity.
⚠️ Why This Truth Hits So Hard
Western Christianity insists on a sanitized divinity—whitewashed Jesus, vanilla saints, antiseptic scriptures. So when someone says “Black people reflect God’s love,” it disrupts the narrative. And maybe that’s exactly what we need:
If divine love means forgiveness under fire, joy under surveillance, love when no one’s watching—then yeah, Black resilience embodies that truth better than most.
🧠 Not Token Praise—But Life Under Pressure
The Black experience hasn’t been easy. The trauma is real, the wounds deep. And yet, still—they love, they lead, they rise again. They don’t just survive—they become resurrection energy in motion.
Is it neat? No. Marketable? No. But it is divine.
📢 Final Reflection: Who’s Bringing Love Anyway?
If you want a real glimpse of God's love, don’t look to the titans of Wall Street or the loudmouth on cable news. Look to the people who:
Cook for neighbors—especially the ones who voted against them
Pray and protest in the same breath
Raise Black babies in a world bent on breaking them
That’s holy. That’s gospel. And maybe—if God decided to take human form again—it would choose to be born Black. Not for power—but for purpose.
Because faith that doesn’t cost is faith that doesn’t save.
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🔗 Inspired by powerful voices on TikTok:
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Watch the original viral question that sparked this reflection by Black Facts Matter
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Experience the scripture readings and soulful truths of Jen Hamilton
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