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Enough is enough!

“This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is.”

John 3:19-21 

It has been said that when the pain or gain is great enough than you get out of your comfort zone and change happens.  I see that the country is in pain and so it is changing.  Look around, there is an uprise of people everywhere asking, pleading, no demanding that there be equality.  Yes black lives matter and they are the ones in an uproar, but to me all lives matter.

Yes all, the ones in jail, the crack heads, the mentally ill, the blacks, whites, mexicans, and any other race.  The lives of those who have dark history, those that make millions, those that are on the streets, straight people, LGBTQ+ people.  Those that have done me wrong, those that have hurt me, those that help me, and those that love me.  You get the point.  I don't need to go on.

I am tired of there being white privilege.  I am tired of there being people prejudged by their skin color, life choices, or sexuality.  I am tired of there being fights for rights.  And I am angry that there is any fight at all.  We are past that in my eyes, but are we?

We should have grown up as a world by now.  What happened that it all went so wrong?  Prejudice running wild.  Racism is a sin problem and choice to be that way.  Holding someone down is not right.

There is going to be change, but at what level?  I still see people not getting it.  I still see people thinking this is just a black thing.  I still see people hate on others who are different or hold a race to just certain jobs or careers.

I don't know what it is like to be another race or transgender or male as I am a white, lesbian woman.  I do know though what it is like to be homeless, not know when your next meal will come, to be spat at for another religion, to be hated on for being a lesbian, to have rights taken away, to not be free.

I stand with my brothers and sisters in Christ that are standing up for human rights to be equal.  Enough is enough!  We must show love to the loveless.  We must be kind when hated.  We must stand for those that can't stand!

So, yes black lives matter, but so do others.  Yes there needs to be equality for all, not just some.  Yes there needs to be a look at how we handle things.  And yes, authorities need to answer and be accountable!

Just so it is clear, more whites are killed by officers, but more so more mentally ill are killed, more trans or others in the LGBTQ+ commit suicide or are killed by officers.  What makes black lives more angered about things is that they are profiled before they even get a chance.  As a white woman, when I am pulled over I am treated with respect and dignity.  But when I walk with a girlfriend holding hands, I have had catcalls and slurs thrown my way.

Enough is enough!  I stand with those oppressed and pray for a day of equality!  

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Change is in the air!

Change is in the air!  The first one is that this is no longer just a lesbian blog but moving to a LGBT+ blog!  There will be new authors, videos, and more!  I am so excited for this change!

Another change is there will be a page for churches that are affirming or accepting listed.  This way we can know where to go when visiting or moving to different places.

Keep watch for all the changes!

Lesley

Can you hear me?

Jesus told them, “Go back and tell John what’s going on: The blind see, The lame walk, Lepers are cleansed, The deaf hear, The dead are raised, The wretched of the earth learn that God is on their side. “Is this what you were expecting? Then count yourselves most blessed!”

Matthew 11:4-6

The deaf hear!  As I look at what is going on in our nation, I wonder if the "deaf" hear the cries of the people.  I am not a political person, one to go out and protest, or one to riot.  I am though thinking of my part in things.  I wonder if every person that has been oppressed from race to sexuality got out and stood in front of the white house, what that would do.

I think of Christ and what he would do.  I don't think he would sit quietly and let things happen.  I know he would riot but only destroying what needed to be.  I think this because of him destroying the tax collector booths, he did not destroy the temple, just the injustice of the tax collectors.

I know you know the story but can you just see it?  Here he comes into a temple and sees the injustice so what does he do?  Jesus throws the tables over, sets free the animals, and shouts "Not in my Father's house"

Are not the rioters doing the same?  I get it, innocent people have had damage to their property.  But here they are saying "No more, not in my country!"  There should be no second class citizen.  We should have equality for all!

Mental health should be given to those that need, sexuality should not have to be a coming out story, blacks and other races should not have to live in fear.  I see the differences and am glad for that.  Each person is different.  Each person deserves to strive for the best in life.  Each person deserves a life without fear.

As a white Christian in America, I am privileged to go about life.  Yet as a lesbian, I get shunned for my "lifestyle".  I can't walk hand in hand with a love without catcalling or slurs thrown my way.  I can't walk into a church of Christ and be accepted with a partner for the most part.  I can't show PDA at all without someone saying something.

Some ways we have come a long way, but many areas still need to grow up!  I just pray we learn how to before more lives are taken in some form or fashion.

Cynical Christians!

Don’t be naive. There are difficult times ahead. As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. Stay clear of these people.

2 Timothy 3:1-5

Well, one might say that we are in the end times.  I don't know.  I just know that I don't like what I see.  I see hate where there should be love.  I see fear where there should be safety.  I hear concern.  Yet I see people being cynical.

What is cynical though?  Google dictionary says:

1. Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
   "her cynical attitude"
2. Concerned only with one's own interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropriate standards in order to achieve them.
   "a cynical manipulation of public opinion"

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Man how do we see people being motivated by self.  Not by what God wants or says.  Yet have I been self motivated lately?  Do I try to self direct where I shouldn't?  I often wonder this.  As christians are we imposing what we selfishly want and not what is truly in the Bible?

I know that there are times that I (and I must speak for myself here) have tried to get the answer I want out of the Bible and not what it actually says.  Yes, it is true.  I want to be justified in my actions not to realize that really I need to accept the consequences and try my hardest to do better and live a life based on the guidelines of the Bible.

It is like I want to have sex, but it is wrong to when not married.  I tried to say cause it was not heterosexual sex so it was okay, but it is not.  Sex is still sex.  I must be celibate and wait till either I am married or not at all if I stay single.  Yet here I struggle.  I want to move forward in my walk with God, but the flesh is weak.  So how do I deal with it?  I don't go to the barbers!  Meaning I don't put myself into situations that tempt me.

But how do I not be cynical?  How do I get out of me?  I remember that I am here to serve God and through that service to others.  I give me to help others.  I think of others.  I am there for others.  It is not a world that revolves around me but a world where I revolve around it.  Well, there is my two cents.