I know it's late but I saw this on my seven [7] year old's desk just now and God put it on my heart to reach out to y'all.
My thoughts and prayers are with every family member going through hardship and loss due to the tragic event that unfolded at Pulse in Orlando, FL on Saturday night. I am writing this blog because I see an endless amount of support stemming from this tragedy, but with that I also see SO much hate. It HURTS my soul to see it because I know who my God is and what he represents and at the end of the day whether we [Christians] agree with homosexuality or not, the one thing I simply cannot tolerate is the blatant disrespect and misrepresentation of who our God is.
As the picture above states, God IS L O V E. It says so in the very bible!!!!
1 John 4:7-8 "Dear friends, let us continue to LOVE one another, for LOVE comes from GOD. Anyone who LOVES is a child of GOD and knows GOD. But anyone who does not LOVE, does not know GOD, for GOD IS LOVE" [emphasis added]
God is the very definition of what LOVE is or most importantly what it should be, it's selfless, merciful, gracious, faithful, kind, etc. it is NOT the hate portrayed by the people in the media. I am tired of seeing post after post about what a "Christian" said and how hateful it was, those retweets and reposts are shameful to the Christian's who know what and who God really is!!!
John 3:17 "God sent his son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him."
Know that what happened in Orlando was an act of hatred and it's something I could NEVER agree with or side with due to the simple fact that MY brothers and sisters [in Christ] were killed. Fifty [50] of them were murdered, fifty [50] souls were lost!!!! This is something I cannot take lightly. I grieve and mourn with their family members and stand with them not because of their gender or sexual orientation but because they're my FAMILY!!
I'd like to leave you with one last thing...Chick-fil-A employees were at work in Orlando, Sunday
Can I be lighthearted really quickly? How many of y'all have truthfully craved Chick-fil-A on a Sunday???? I know I have!! They ARE NEVER open on a Sunday, yet somehow employees from a Chick-fil-A in the Orlando area managed to get to work and feed "those who waited several hours in line to donate blood in addition to the hundreds of law enforcement officials who responded to the shooting scene." Chick-fil-A is a Christian organization and they have been criticized for their views on homosexuality, however, they managed to put those views and feelings aside in order to help in a time when Orlando needed them the most [even if it happened to be on a Sunday] because THAT is what God's L O V E is!
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