Douglas Jones...Delilah to our Samson

Pastor Douglas Jones

I was baptized the first Sunday, of September that was September 1, 1996. After that, I set off on a journey in church in Pontiac. There was church, City-Wide Choir Union, and communion. It ended with "All day long I been with Jesus", led by incomparable Elaine Carr. My church, Liberty Missionary Baptist Church, Pastor Billy D. Allen, belong to a city wide district called the Crystal Lake District. There were several churches involved with the Crystal Lake District. There was Mt. Zion (Pastor T. Smith), Friendship (Pastor McDonald), Messiah (Pastor Thompson), New Hope (Pastor S. Smith) and so on. Also, Pastor Reverend Douglas Jones, of Welcome Missionary Baptist Church. I got a lot of education from these men, as a new Christian. If I believe it all completely or not. At one session of the Christian Education Conference, Pastor Jones gave a lesson on the Delilah Effect. This is a so-called manual for keeping your man happy, and a woman like Delilah won't get him. Well, I listened, and thought it was all good, because a woman should keep a nice home for her husband, but...

He should also stay close to home. He should love his wife, faithfully and honestly. To seek comfort from another woman is blasphemy and wrong on every level. Women should never blame themselves for a man who strays. Communication is key yo every relationship and both parties should talk to one another and listen to one another. A man should never expect his wife to be his sex slave or concubine. That's just absurd, and any man who believes in that crap is selfish and irresponsible, and horny. What is so funny is that Samson dies in the end from his willingness to trust a whore with his secrets. So, I guess there's a lesson in this story for both men and women. If women must learn to treat their men like a whore, then men should learn not to let a whore mess up their lives. Mess them up to the point where they are stripped of their strength and notoriety. I think that's the real lesson.

The problem I have with the Delilah Effect, is that it makes a woman responsible for her man's actions. If I were to teach this class it would have a twist. It would include a woman's point of view. Samson's wife wasn't a bad wife, at least the Bible doesn't state that outwardly. As women and men, we all have flaws that our mates will have to make certain adjustments for. I would talk about nagging and fighting, either, because that can go both ways, too. I would talk more about the meeting of the minds, compromise and discussions about what your spouse needs. What is realistic, what isn't, and what may be a challenge. Challenges need compromise to accomplish, sometimes. Sometimes they just can't be done; period. We can't greet you with smile, because Johnny done got kicked out of school and you wasn't at the office when I called you!

As an example, he talked about how Delilah made a comfortable, peaceful and stimulating environment for Samson, when he came to her. She didn't cuss and fuss as soon as he walked in the door. Well, men choose women based on how they will care for their children. Delilah, didn't have any kids. She was a whore by profession, and that was her job. A wife has a different job, and that's to tend to her house and her children and her man. Her man, if a man, wants his children put first. Delilah, hung out with the men that wanted to kill Sampson. Sampson wasn't her only trick and she obviously associated with other men in their city. She didn't have time for anything, but having sex. Your wife, however was chosen to have your children.  She can't have incense burning and your bed scented with perfume.  Your kids might not even let her make the bed, because they've been making a mess all day. She can't have sex all day, because then who would attend to them?

My aunt told me that her husband started cheating on her when she had my two cousins. He wanted to keep laying in the bed, drinking, smoking weed and having sex. She explained that she couldn't live that way, anymore. Her boys needed her sober and able to attend to their needs. She couldn't be high and drunk trying to change their diapers and make their meals. That was just no longer her reality. Pastor Jones, was trying to teach the young women to be all their man needed, but what he needed was too much. Men make decisions that change their reality, then they go looking for their other reality somewhere else. Usually with a whore that don't have children or who doesn't care about her children.

That's why when Michael Bouchard went to him for help becoming the Sheriff of Pontiac, I was weary, due to Pastor Jones' views on Sampson. Sure enough, his intention were just as selfish as those of Sampson, who died at the end of the story. He died, because he trusted the wrong person that wasn't for him, at all. Delilah, a whore, had confided his weaknesses to another man. A true wife, can be trusted with your deepest secrets. A whore is loyal to whomever is in her bed at the time, and whose money is in the greater quantity. So, Samson wasn't really being cared for, he was being tricked. Moreover, he was leaving the security of his wife's bossom for the bed of a prostitute. So, in his present position, Bouchard is pimping Jones. Something he knows a a lot about. He's convinced him that he can help him. He'd give his members jobs with the county and help build the coffers of Welcome Missionary Baptist Church.

In exchange, Pastor Jones, will use his influence with the people who trust him, and get him the police contract. We, the citizens of Pontiac, are Samson. Michael Bouchard is the men wanting to destroy Samson, and have their way. The conduit is Pastor Jones, our Delilah, who is whispering all our secrets to Bouchard and putting us in a vulnerable position. You see that now that the OCSD has taken over, our city isn't any better and is getting worse. We've had five murders in less than 30 days. Gil Garret is on Facebook blaming the young men in Pontiac for what's going on, and I'm wondering what is going on? Garret a legacy of Raymond Sain, was a part of the crooked Pontiac Police, who if were better to our citizens, wouldn't have wanted the OCSD so badly.  It's true that you can't stop people from committing crimes. They just happens. But you can change the deal with the people. Punishment must fit the crime and crimes must be punished. Punishment doesn't stop crime, but it deters it.

People can stay in OCJ for two years living the life. Many of them are repeat offenders, anyway, and jail is like their second home. Being housed in a jail is normal for them. They come to know the system and all the players. Nobody is going to get over on them, and to prostitute is nothing for them. They either do it in the street or have various partners in jail. So, without punishment, what is their to deter a criminal from committing a crime? I remember, when I tried to ask Bouchard questions at the meeting. Pastor Jones would shut me down. Once, Bouchard even looked at me with self-assurance. He was saying, "Look what I got, a house nigger, and he won't let you get me." I want to know where Pastor Jones is, today Mike? Is he going to save you from me, now?

Pastor Jones is his Delilah, weakening our minds, making us weak and accessible  to his manipulations and lies. Remember, I never believe Pastor Jones, and I don't believe him, today. I always knew Bouchard was a crook. Samson died in the end, but he got one last burst of strength before he died. He used all of his muscles to tear down the pillars, crush his enemies and exact his revenge. Pastor Jones, should do the same thing to Bouchard and rally the people of Pontiac, against Bouchard this time and bring the pillars down on his head. His members go down to the Annex and hold church, his members work at Oakland County and his been giving crumbs to misrepresent Bouchard, the real criminal in Pontiac. I will meet you again, Mike. But this time Pastor Jones won't be there to shut me down. I know you hope that day will never come, and that's why you don't accept my calls or read my letters. I look forward to it...

Samson