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Why Do You Hate Christians?

Monday, January 21st, 2019

This is a hard post for me to write. For the most part, I tend to sit idly by and let others think or feel just how they want to without sticking up for what I know or believe as truth when it comes to Christianity. That’s on me. I will have to answer for it.

I believe those who chronically spew hate for Christians do it because God is irrelevant to them. He isn’t important or holy or worthy of their time. If I were to ask a person who posts mean articles about faith on social media (and believe me, I see them all day long from friends or acquaintances) if they read the Bible or pray (and I mean actually study God’s Word and pray for wisdom), I can almost bet the answer is, no. So, my question here is why do you hate Christians?

I know what the blanket answer will be or at least a few of them anyway:

1. Christians hate gays.
2. Christians judge people.
3. Christians are liars.
4. Christians think they are better than others.
5. Christians hurt people.
6. Christians don’t help people or care about them.

While I could throw down the gauntlet here and say these statements are just an attempt to disparage any who love Jesus, I won’t. I won’t because there are many who have mistakenly done those very things and called themselves Christian. Christians don’t always get it right and let me tell you the first to pounce on them are those who want to scream the loudest. They are a tool in the hands of satan.

We have somehow bought into this idea that for you and me to get along or live side-by-side we have to agree on one another’s beliefs or lifestyles or even political affiliation. It’s not up to me how you live your life, it’s up to me how I will live my own. I don’t owe you anything but love and whether or not you choose to follow Christ, I will stick with the direction given to me by Jesus – to love one another. That has nothing to do with agreeing.

Waking up this morning after more than a week of the media droning on and on about all the ways Christians are hateful….I could not sit quiet about it any longer. It is turning into a blaring car horn of ignorance! I am a Christian. I don’t hate you or anyone else because of your lifestyle, life choices, race or religion. Why would I? What does that change? How does that help?

I pray for my friends or family that see my faith as a form of hate. I’m sorry if I’ve ever misplaced who Jesus is in my life and made Him out to be anything but loving or forgiving. I assure you, that is not my Lord. He is loving, He is forgiving, He is merciful and He loves every breathing human. He cares about me and He cares about you. I hope that somehow, someway…you will see the true love of God from the Christian people in your midst. Until then, I pray away the hate and the glee that seems to be growing in our society, tv news and on social media. My faith is real to me and never has it pointed me in a direction of hate towards any other person.

So, I ask again….why do you hate Christians?

Lord Jesus,

Help me to live in such a way that those who don’t know you or understand you would want to meet you and see for themselves what all the hype is about. You are a God worth loving and not even the loudest banging gong of our society can change that.

Amen

How NOT to Raise a Looter

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve more than likely caught a glimpse of this “Mom” taking care of business.

angry mom

She is his mom, right? Who really knows the truth? The media does such a great job of misleading, bating hate and twisting stories to fit their SELL SELL SELL agenda. For me, I’m going to hold back on claiming this lady as his mother. For all we REALLY know, she could just be some ticked off lady whose had enough and this kid was in her line of fire.

You have noticed there are quite a few folks down there in Baltimore making their voices known. How does a mom happen upon her own kid in that chaos? Possible? Yes, but still…. Should we jump to conclusions? I don’t know. I can’t, just not sure.

However, I can tell you our society needs parents who give a rip about what their kids are doing in the real world. Besides it being a reflection on them (don’t give me that garbage that your kids are not a peek at who you are) WRONGO BONGO! We are all an extension of the ones who did or didn’t invest in us! More reason to be the best danged parent you can be, huh?

I don’t believe anyone who brings a child into the world starts out with the intentions of raising up a crazy, out-of-control, rioting looter. I mean, really? Who does that? Barbarians? Perhaps.

But what happens? Where do these destructive, hate-filled, outrageous people come from? Where are their mothers? Their fathers? Who taught them to do such a thing? What in the world ever convinced them that behaving like criminals was a way of seeking true justice?

It’s not civilized behavior.

I’ve been really mad before and I know how anger can escalate to something not pretty. I’ve never crossed the line into criminal behavior. Why? Because, I knew better. So, why is it that our society is so rampant with this crazy reaction whenever something goes wrong or a mistake is made?

I’m convinced that it’s a direct reflection of the lifestyles of the family.

Live like hell. Live. Like. Hell.

The old cliche, treat others like you would have them treat you…seems to be a thing of the past. Almost. We now live in a world that finds abuse, unkindness and illegal criminality normal. It feels like the thinking is do it to them before they do it to you. Only, not all of us want to smash your car windows to steal your ipad out of your car. Or rob someone’s grandma as she leaves the Piggly Wiggly with her oatmeal and buttermilk.

It’s a sad world. But this is the world we live in, a violent and hateful world.

So, how do you keep your kids from running wild and turning into a news fodder picture?

YOU LOVE THEM.

You love them enough to do the hard stuff like; DISCIPLINE THEM, HUG THEM, SPEND TIME WITH THEM, TEACH THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, GIVE THEM CHORES, SPEAK KINDNESS TO THEM, COVER THEM WITH PRAYER, EXPECT HONESTY FROM THEM, BE HONEST WITH THEM YOURSELF, LIVE A LIFE OF INTEGRITY IN FRONT OF THEM, REFUSE TO LET THEM RUN WILD, ENFORCE FAMILY AND SOCIETY RULES, TEACH THEM RESPONSIBILITIES, SHOW THEM MERCY, COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, PLACE BOUNDARIES ON THEIR FREEDOMS, MAKE THEM A PRIORITY….EVERY SINGLE DAY! AND, BE A REAL FREAKIN’ PARENT TO THEM!

The world has enough of pathetic human-ing.

I don’t even know where to go with what is now becoming popular among the American society. Riots, looting, fighting, stealing from innocent businesses, assaulting others, destroying property/police vehicles. I can’t wrap my brain around any of it. This is NOT sticking up for what is right, on any level. Ever. It’s criminal, it’s evil and it’s coming to your town soon. Why?

Don’t let the media tell you injustice needs a screaming violent voice. That’s not the way to handle anything. The picture, up top….that could be his mom. But, why would a mom need to beat up her kid? If she was doing her part in his life to begin with? Maybe that answers why he’s down there doing what he’s doing.

Love your kids. Our world needs it.