Consider this a separation letter to my dearest Ethiopian community. What I am writing about the people of my birthland applies equally to everyone else throughout the world for I keep finding myself in toxic environments where I try to “save others” only to end up in the abyss. So this breakup letter of sorts is not only with the Ethiopian community but with the broader community I’ve tried to organize over the past 13 years.
Let’s start with the Ethiopian community because that is where my crucible begins and ends. The truth is that I love you too much. This love has come at a great personal cost. As blessed as we are, we eat our young and we let pride get in the way of progress—that’s why Ethiopia is on fire. I’m not the first nor the last to come to this sad realization, as much as I want to make a difference for my community, I realize that my community is beyond help.
The ones that care and strive to authentically lift others are relegated to the sideline while the crooks, criminals and political activists are elevated as gods. The prevailing thought in our community—at least the vocal minority who insist upon themselves—is one of self-centeredness, greed, vengeance and tribalism. This virulent strain of ego has infected every corner of society from church, to government, businesses, academia and beyond.
As much has we pretend to be spiritual as individuals, we are as godless as Babylonians in our hearts when it comes to the collective whole. The one institution that could be a difference-maker has cast their lot with the devil, the Orthodox church that I revere has become the playground of satan as they worship money in the temple where it is not allowed, they put up pictures of Catholic Jesus even though that image is of Ceasar Borgia who was a monster worse than Hitler.
It gets worse, the Ethiopian Orthodox church leadership are so timid that they won’t even speak up to defend God’s truth. They know, for example, that today is Senbet yet they teach their flock that tomorrow, ehud is Senbet as they follow the example of “king” Susenyos who introduced Catholic paganism to Ethiopia and forever fractured the Orthodox faith. There is a reason why the Orthodox faith is failing in Ethiopia and why the Pentecost church is rising, that is because the Ethiopian Orthodox church has become infected with Pharisees who lie for the sake of genzeb.
My ancestor Atse Tewodros II rose up against the Ethiopian Orthodox church leaders for this reason, he knew just how far from Iyesus they had strayed and he was trying to restore the teachings of Iyesus. He paid a very heavy price for this attempt to right the wrongs of Susenyos because it was the Ethiopian Orthodox church who sold him out and handed the keys to the kingdom to the banda Yohannes IV who conspired with the British to gain power.
Where Atse Tewodros II died for Ethiopia, I take his place and likewise speak the truth to wolves in sheep’s clothing who pretend to be praying for Ethiopia when all along they are preying on His children. There is a freedom that comes with losing everything, you no longer fear losing everything. I am no longer going to still my tongue for fear of repercussion, I am going to speak the truth and if people have problems with that, YP not MP, as in your problem not my problem.
Many like me have been destroyed by the leflafa crowd who have nothing better to do than drink black label and gossip, well you met your match in me. I don’t care anymore what people say about me. Furthermore, I know there are legions of people who feel the way that I do in churches, in government, in academia and beyond. But they are afraid to speak up for fear of being targeted by hateful trolls who live to destroy people. I rise today to speak against these dogs, be Iyesus dem I tell these people to get behind Ethiopia and leave our people and our country alone!
But this separation letter goes beyond just the vocal minority for the issue is the broader society, at least the privileged lot who have turned their back on everyone else who is suffering in silence. We have become conditioned to seek the desires of the flesh above the needs of the collective whole. If you want to know why Ethiopia is going through a biblical pestilence, it’s because the talented tenth have become uber greedy and abdicated their responsibility to the country that gave birth to them. Adera no more, we are all about alema, as in we only seek our desires while forsaking our communal nature.
People like me who see this and push against this madness are libeled and judged as “ibd” (crazy) while those who thrive in this paradigm of avarice are adored by many and elevated as role models and leaders. We have become the epitome of 2 Timothy 3:1-9:
“For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.
For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions. Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people—who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith—also oppose the truth. But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.”
Glory to Igzihabier I now finally understand! I can’t help you while hurting myself, Iyesus said “love your neighbor as yourself”, He did not say that we should love our neighbors above ourselves. To that end, I’m going to take one more piece of advice from Iyesus when He said “physician heal thyself”. I’m going to focus on self, heal the broken parts of me instead of running to save others all the time and give the suffering of this world to Igzihabier.
As for what was taken from me, that to I shall give to Ab for He has never failed me. I pray that I forgive at all times and that the cruelty of this world doesn’t make me mimic its savagery. The biggest form of rebellion against satan isn’t anger or wrath but to be love in the face of the devil’s spirit. To that end, I look the satan square in his eyes and tell him “not today devil”, you will not have victory over me by making me seek vengeance, I will just give my tribulation to Igzihabier and let him sort things out.
Just for the record devil, you would have been better of with my retribution than you are having the “come to Iyesus meeting” with my father in heaven.
Here is where I am at, I will keep my last name because I know #FikreYashenifal. As for Ethiopia, I shall pray for her from a distance until the time comes when Igzihabier compels me to return to my birth land. When that day arrives, I’ll not return to “save Ethiopia” but to walk with her children and to stand next to them as Iyesus did when he was living on earth. That is why He was King of Kings while everyone else who seeks a crown is a serpent pretending to be a public servant.
Consequently, I have zero interest in being a king, the only King is Iyesus—the rest of us, from prince, president, priest to pauper are all children of Igzihabier as we choose it and thus are coequal siblings. Many don’t understand these things and what I write comes across as “crazy” talk. And that is precisely why I’m separating from my community, my words are being wasted—I’m literally casting my pearls before swine—because pride and vanity prevent people from understanding an alternative to the status quo that is clearly not working.
But no more banging my head into that brick wall lest I become a tsunami unto myself. I’m going to extricate myself from the whole thing and will become the change I want to see. I’ll see you when I lose 100 pounds, get rid of excess baggage and come to the full realization that I’m a son of Igzihabier who is loved by Our Father exactly how I am. When I realize that, I will no longer care about people’s judgment and being a people pleaser—I will only do things that please Igzihabier.
I write this separation letter to my fellow #Ethiopia|ns but really I write this breakup notice to all of us, I'm burying Teddy today, tomorrow I will rise as Teodrose. #BrokenSparrow no more:: #HealTalk Click To TweetI’m going to write a second letter tomorrow about the tsunami that I’ve been writing about for over a month. Here in the mountain top of Kentucky, after getting baptized at Debre Haile St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, I had a revelation that hit me like a thunderbolt. Let’s just say I came to the realization that you can’t spell tsunami without mi, but that will be discussed tomorrow because today I’m going to go back to resting and praying as part of this Sabbath day.
I wrote this article after the sun went down, when the sun rises tomorrow, I will pick my pen back up and offer lightning to the evils of Biden, Kamala and the Nwo-Nazi crowd. የምትፈራው ቁጣ፣ ቅሬታና ጠመንጃ ሳይሆን ደሙን ከዳዊትና ከሳባ ጋር የሚያመለክት ፍቅርን ታጥቆ በእኔ ባቢሎን ክብሪትህን አገኘህ።
“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” ~ Revelation 2:4-5
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