Seeing RED on FaceBook

I don't know about you but I'm seeing red on FaceBook.

It's the marriage equality sign or anti equality signs.

Personally this one makes me giggle.

I don't know about you but I kinda wonder at them choosing red?
Red ribbons are for aids and I thought we wore red to support our troops on Fridays and now red with pink is marriage equality? Why change from the rainbow? Did all the pictures of where rainbows come from (unicorn poop) change their minds?

Do you really care? Are you staying up at night about this? I'm not.

In fact I'm not getting much out of it either way. I've got friends I love on both sides and I'm very much decided that I'm going to love them both.

How are we really supposed to respond as Christians?
I'm reminded of a time I was sitting in Sunday School and a very well meaning lovely individual was explaining that we needed to use the Laws, the ten commandments to lead others to Christ. That in order to save someone they needed to first understand that they were drowning. At the time I thought this was profound.

Now I've decided, no, this isn't right.

Lining up what I believe with what the Bible tells me I get,"Love one another". "For all have sinned."
In fact I can't find a single place that tells me I'm to tell people they are in trouble and need saving. In life I can also vouch for the fact that nobody needs it pointed out. We get that we're drowning.

Fellow believers are drowning too. They haven't quite figured out their armor.

So I'd like to share some tips.

As Christians we are called to LOVE. Others will know we are Christians by our LOVE. Not because we post on FB that we are believers. Not because we let you know that you are a sinner. LOVE.

When we behave in this manner it is because we were first filled with Christ's love and it spills from our lives. If your life isn't spilling over with Christ's love then stop what you are doing and figure this out NOW! Jesus loves you and He is not withholding it! He wants you to feel it! Live it! You were made for LOVE!

Now assuming you are filled with love then you are also focusing on Jesus. This makes the commandment to focus on what is good and lovely easy. If you are struggling with surrounding yourself with what is good and lovely then I challenge you again, that it means are not experiencing being filled with Jesus's love. Everything hinges on Him loving you first.

Now we are instructed to be wise and to wear armor. Protect yourself. Don't let the junk of today get in the way of Jesus's love. Don't let bickering and whining on FB affect you at your core. Your core is feeding on Jesus' love and doesn't have time to judge others.

Love is our mission.

So while we might be seeing red.

Don't act like it's a flag being waved at a bull.

Let it be a reflection of the heart.

A reflection of the blood shed to save us all.

This is a magnificent opportunity people. We are called to love one another. Please don't miss your chance to love.

Don't read a political statement here. I'm not siding one way or the other. I'm playing a completely different game. I'm living the commandment to love my neighbor as myself.



Ask and you shall recieve!

So last time I blogged I mentioned that I was done.
 I needed to DO.
 I needed to CHANGE.
Well....
I have.

Matthew 6:32-34

"What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, by you know both God and how he works.

Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes."

I've got to tell you that this is exactly where I am, and I've been blown away by GOD!

Since I wrote out my thoughts I've been spending extra time trying to just worship in the moment and practice being NOT preoccupied.

Harder than it sounds.

Sounds a little weird.

You try practicing being RELAXED while visiting an Oncologist, a GI who tells you that you need to start a two month long poo journal on your son, and then a pulmonolgist who tells you it's time for a sleep study. Ugh.

It's not easy. I can see why GOD would have to tell us we need to do it. Or rather, choose it. We're given a choice.

We can get wound up and bleed worry all over.

Or

We can believe that God is bigger than everything we might encounter and that He has good plans in motion.

I'm very confident that GOD is bigger but I'm prone to stumbling and whining.

However, I'm pleased to report that when you seek GOD, you find HIM. In fact you discover HIM everywhere. It's awesome.

After choosing to be relaxed and choosing to pass control over to GOD I was then given front row tickets to the circus of life. I watched as those around me bled worry from their very pores.

Then I got called up into the ring!

Did I ever.

Without sharing details that don't belong to me, I can tell you that we humans get caught up in a TON of drama! Every last one of us could write a soap opera in minutes flat.
I felt the need for multiple showers. As if mere water could free me from worry.

Then I went to yet another Bible Study. Have I mentioned I'm an optimist?

Experiencing God.

It is already different then the studies I've been whining about. Thank God.

I'm going to love it. I can tell that it's not something I'd normally get myself into. This is me just simply obeying. I'm attending at a hovel. With possible Hobbit cast members. I'm going to struggle with feeling superior. Something I didn't think I needed to work on but recognize I do when confronted with people who can't hold a job or brush their teeth.

In just two days I've learned so very very much! Sweet relief. No more spiritual baby food.

I've been seeking and I'm finding. Way to rock MARCH!!