~Open the eyes of my heart Lord!~







Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I Believe

We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
I believe that I was created by God, for God, and that the opinions of others mean absolutely nothing to me.
I believe that God created my soul in His own image. My physical body does not look like God at all, for God needs no physical body. My body is His temple however, and I will take care of it as if it were not my own.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.
I believe that God loves me so much, He came down and died for me. I don't know why. I don't know what would make someone so high, so mighty, and so perfect, love something as miserable as me. But I am truly moved to tears quite often, thinking of how much love that would take. What kind of love would that take? I don't think a human, other than Jesus Christ Himself, has that kind of love.
I read something from a friend, something hurtful and deceiving about God. I wonder, "how can anyone who calls themselves a Christian spread hate and lies?"
They ask questions like "Why are people leaving the church?" "Why are people choosing other things over God?"
If people would stop bickering over scripture, and stop trying to prove or disprove their opinions by manipulating scripture, the world would be a different place. You see, there are lots of things in the Bible that can be taken to mean different things. Over the past 2000 years we have mistranslated God's word and we have changed things in it, to make it more palatable to humankind and to our own devices. But that doesn't make it right.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT!!!
The one thing I can tell you is this:
JESUS IS LOVE.
JESUS SAID TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
EVERYTHING ABOUT JESUS WAS ABOUT LOVE.
Every parable, every law, every story about Jesus is telling us that He loves us enough to die for us, and what do we do?
We argue about who is the most important disciple.
About which sins are more fatal than others, even though Jesus says all sin is sin.
About who is or is not qualified to speak God's words in a church because of the sins they have committed, even though Jesus says if you commit one sin, you have committed them all.
About how old the earth is and how that matters to the story of creation, like we really have any say over when God created the earth and how long one of His 'days' is.
About what Jesus meant when He said 'the poor will always be with you'.
About women holding any place in a church other than in the kitchen, even though it says: in Christ there is no male or female.
About racism and how your latitude determines whether or not you'll starve to death, even though if all Christians tithed, there would be enough for everyone.
About the scourge of AIDS and how Jesus said to care for the sick, but some people seem to think AIDS is a punishment from God so we shouldn't help.
About the wrath of God, and how some people still seem to think that God is punishing us, even though Jesus settled that debt years ago.

Get over yourselves people. Its not about you, its about God. And if you were truly His disciple, you would do his bidding.
STOP YOUR IDIOTIC FIGHTING.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR,
LOVE YOUR PLANET.
TAKE CARE OF THE LESS FORUNATE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO GOD WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE TIME.

I'M IMPRESSED AT HOW MUCH PATIENCE GOD TRULY HAS.


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