Tuesday, July 28, 2020

You Cannot Love God and Hate Others


Y’all, I am done. I am done with those who I know who are Christians denying and flat out ignoring the mandate which God gave us.  #1.  Love God.  Which is sometimes kind of hard let’s face it. Especially when “Christians” are HATING on those who are different.  And #2.  Love God’s kids. And by God’s kids, I mean- if they’re breathing and have a heartbeat, God’s kids.

If you love God- you don’t say:  If a dude pretends to be a woman, you’re required to pretend with him.  Nope.  If you love God, you say:  I may not understand, but GOD loves you.  God told me to love you.  I will LOVE you.  It may be hard. I may not get there yet. But I am going to WORK to it.  Because God made you, I will love you.

If you love God, you do not, DO NOT call COVID-19 the China Virus.  Come on y’all.  I am going to call it what it is.  This is classless and trashy.  What happened to let your light so shine before men so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. (reference, Matthew 5:16)  What about calling something with a scientific name, which has affected every single corner of the Earth the China Virus?  By doing this, not only is it being associated with one part of the world, inaccurately, it is causing acts of harassment against people from Asia.  Don’t cause others to stumble? I’ve done it. It sucks. Don’t.

We are not to judge. We are to leave that work to God- why?  Because He alone can see the hearts and minds of all of us and is the only one who can do so accurately.  What we are able to do is to look at the fruit of someone’s life and be able to determine if this person should be in charge, be in power, lead people. So let me ask you this:  Do you see the fruit of the Spirit in our president?  Do you see love?  How?  Where? I don’t.  Do you see joy? Nope. Do you see peace? Absolutely not.  The most divisive person to walk into that office, ever.  Hands down, no peace.  Do you see patience? No, I see haste and hastiness usually means poor decisions.  Kindness? Kids in cages at the border definitely is kind, right?  Goodness? Once again, kids in cages.  Dying Americans because wearing a mask does nothing, contrary to pretty much every reputable scientist and doctor.  Gentleness?  I can’t even.  Self-control? Right.  Self-control?  “I moved on her…” I won’t go on.

For those of my brothers and sisters in Christ who support DT, HOW on earth? I do not track.  He claims to be pro-life.  Being pro-life is more than a stance on abortion, it is about capital punishment, it’s about doing everything necessary to save one life of one man or woman who has COVID-19 by providing the necessary equipment, getting information to the CDC (those who are equipped to sort through a gargantuan amount of data), and working your tail off to get this figured out instead of brushing it off, saying that it’ll disappear one day. 

The Republican party doesn’t look like Jesus y’all.  It just doesn’t. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. He came to be a voice for the marginalized and love those who aren’t loved by society.  He also challenged the religious “leaders”- aka, Pharisees and Sauducees. 

This is brash.  This is bold and I am sure I will lose friends over this. But someone has to ask the hard questions and God will not let me rest without asking these.  Step back and look at this. Imagine if you showed up in 2020 from 1996 for instance, and saw this?  What if you saw nameless mercenaries taking people off the street for quietly standing with a candle in support of Black Lives Matter?  What if you showed up with a president who supports white supremacy?  How would you feel if you showed up, saw a nation amidst a pandemic, and saw the president ignoring the science? What if you saw the kids in the cages as you do now?

Heavenly Father, awaken us, open our eyes to see the truth and give us the boldness to step outside of our comfort zone and truly be the hands and feet of Jesus here.  Let us love without abandon.  Let us support those who need us.  Let us stand up to the tyranny of those who claim to follow you who show no evidence of a changed heart.

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