Dear Editor,
This article is rated G for general audience. My article is not about supporting color or about wanting people to agree with me. It is about being real to ourselves. I want people to stop deceiving themselves and accept truth as it is, not what you will like it to be.
1 Corinthians 11:28-31 (KJV)
28: But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29: For him that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.
30: For this cause, many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
31: For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
For the last 50 years, politicians of St. Maarten were leading this country and were in charge of St. Maarten’s destiny. Our electorate voted for these people, knowing that their values and intent were not in St. Maarten’s best interest, and all of our wrong choices are now Holland’s fault.
Did Holland allow illegal immigration in St. Maarten? Did Holland institute the pondfill dump? Did Holland force St. Maarten people to sell their land? Did Holland force our parliamentarians not to recognize the people of St. Maarten Heritage in the St. Maarten constitution? Did Holland force our St. Maarten government not to fix our roads? Did Holland control GEBE, did Holland control TelEm, did Holland control the Harbor? Did Holland push and promote prostitution in St. Maarten? Did Holland put a gun to our politicians’ heads and say, “Destroy St. Maarten for me”?
It was our own elected government officials.
I am not defending Holland. We know Holland is corrupt also. What I am saying is: 99 per cent of St. Maarten’s challenges is ourselves for making the wrong choices.
Stop blaming others for your faults. Examine yourself and do the right thing. Expecting a man to pay repatriations does not change your conduct. The individual must be willing to do what is right. We must say “no” to wrong before we can say “yes” to right.
Education is good, but that does not mean you’re honest and of a good character. The heart of man must change for the righteousness to establish in St. Maarten.
The conclusion is, we must examine ourselves. What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul? Choices have consequences. Do the right thing all of the time and always examine yourself.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
