Ok so I am going to start this out by saying I used to blog EVERYDAY...but apparently that was a lifetime ago. The second narcissistic comment I am going to say is that I enjoy reading my own blogs almost as much as other peoples...how bad is that? And the funny thing is that according to blog spot, I have one follower, so I am wondering if they enjoy my blogs also?
So what has prompted me to end my year long silence and jump back into the blogging foray... I have an opinion, that has been itching to get out for weeks now I guess. Let me first start by saying this so we are all clear...me and my one reader ;). I am a born again, washed in the blood, baptized by immersion, hands in the air, praising Jesus, Christian. I am not a perfect person. Ok I am nowhere near perfect, I am not a perfect Christian. And deep down I really think that Jesus is sad over some of the things that I do. I have moments, or possibly hours of stupidity... I sometimes picture God and Jesus smacking their collective foreheads and saying "what the hell was she thinking." But I know that I am saved by Grace, not works, and that my father in heaven created me and knows all of my faults and loves me anyway. Do you know how wonderful that is. Do you know that for this girl, who has these perfectionistic, almost OCD tendencies, that tries so hard for everyone to love her, it is incredibly freeing to know that there is one being I don't have to impress, that loves me warts and all? Ok two...because my dog loves me too. LOL
So the thing that has been bothering me is that knowing that my daddy God loves me even though I have no reason to deserve it, why there are other Christians that feel as though they deserve the love of the father more than others. We are ALL saved by grace, every one of us. So how pretentious is it for my fellow Christians to imply that others of the faith, or not of the faith are not entitled to that same grace?
Jesus himself said that the greatest commandment was to love one another. His other commandment was to go out into all the world and preach the good news. And folks that good news was not that Jesus died for me and only me, and that because of that I am perfect. That good news is that Jesus died for us all, and we ALL can be made perfect through him.
SO my point is stop spreading HATE in the name of Christ. Doing things in the name of God or Christ that is showing hate toward someone is not what Jesus would have done. I am not a big fan of the WWJD bracelets because I am of the opinion that Jesus would not have worn one.
I do know that Jesus would not have prayed for the death of the leader of his country. In fact when the leader of his country was going to kill him, Jesus prayed for the strength to handle it. I know that Jesus would not have bombed Abortion clinics or murdered doctors who performed them. I know that Jesus would have not put signs in his yard that says "God hates fags." I know that Jesus would not have condoned the murder of six million Jews. I know this because I know that Jesus was the living breathing example of Gods unconditional love. God does not hate "fags" or doctors who perform abortions, or Jews, or even President Obama.
God does hate their sin, just as he hates my sin. My sin is no better or worse than anyone elses, so I have no right to hate anyone. Especially in the name of God...so maybe I should break out the WWJD bracelet....
Friday, April 23, 2010
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