Grace Tells Another Story!

I often wonder why we humans make the story of God so difficult.  Through the years of growing up we were always told to not do this and not do that or we are going to hell.  Preachers I have heard over the years seem to not get the story of God's grace.  Churches made rules that today don't make any sense to me anymore. Most rules were for our own good and I am thankful I didn't go those other evil routes. But then there are rules that were created it seems to me out of fear.

Like musical instruments in worship, where did that one come from?  I prefer the A Capella style of singing but the condemnation I always heard about it to me is just craziness. 

I know Christians are to be good hearted people and we need to try to be our best so that we can be an example to those around us. But I just can't be perfect! Nobody can! There are some people who think they are perfect and will never admit they stink of sin as bad a I do.  

Our judgement toward others is another thing that is really important to God. I never heard this preached until recently, it seemed if someone caused a sin we Christians were the first to bash the person that fell off the perfection wagon.  I always saw others treated better outside the church than they were treated by others inside the church building walls.  The church should be the first to rescue that person. Sometimes that doesn't always occur because we don't want to be seen by other Christians and sour our reputation by being around that person. This type of behavior is just as sinful as the other persons sin.

God's grace tells another story!  When Jesus came he wasn't quite what people expected. He was not dressed in beautiful robes nor was he born in the King's palace. If he had been he would not have been our Savior, because the king wanted his competition dead.  Jesus hung with the rough and despised crowd, the sinners.  It was his goal to save the lost and this was where they hung out.  Jesus is the story of grace. He is the complete story of our Father's grace.

While others scoffed at his teachings and his magical powers of healing little did they know that they were laughing and judging the creator of the most precious story ever told. Christ is the author of Grace!

Our minds are almost too puny to be able to handle such a story, because Satan has led us astray and told us a different story. A story we continue to follow, one that leads us to follow rules and slander those who don't follow those rules. We are a race of complete idiots led astray by another idiot, Satan!  

It's hard for us to go in the direction of grace and mercy when we are being tempted to follow another way. Satan is the one causing us to tear our world apart. He started with the first woman with a tiny fruit from a tree that was forbidden.  God told them they would surely die if they ate from that tree.  They didn't die, they just died spiritually. They were intended to be immortal in the garden and walk and live with God there. But that all changed the day when Satan came and guided them to another story. From that point on our world and our lives became broken forever.  Then God rewrote the story and gave us a chance to see him at his best. Grace tells another story!

India's killing it's girls because they are not boys!

Dear, leaders and people of India

You should be ashamed of your ignorance to your little girls of your country.  Letting little girls like this one pictured to the left to starve to death because she is not a boy. Aborting God's children if they are a girl and not a boy. Who cares about your stupid rituals and your overpopulation of girls. Many women across the world can't have children and would take these little girls off your hands in a split second. Yet, you and your people consider financial expenses over life.  Who cares if it's too expensive for a parent to be able to pay for a wedding. Make your rituals nonexistent and save the lives of these precious little children. If I lived in your country I would be ashamed to be of Indian decent.

Bin Laden!

I have read many status updates about Bin Laden's death and how Americans are reacting to it. Some have said he got the easy way out and others said we should've brought him here to the states and drug him in the street. In a way I feel the same, but I saw something more gruesome on TV this morning. I saw real Jewish survivors talking about the Holocaust and the suffering they and others went through. The videos they showed were awful and just inhumane and ungodly. 

Those who died in the 9/11 attacks suffered also and the pain they went through is gruesome. I can't even imagine what went through their minds in those moments.  I put Osama high in the ranks of Hitler.  What he did was unimaginable, to fly two planes into the worlds highest buildings and crash one into the pentagon and one in a field in Pennsylvania. Repulsive!

Even though the world has seen it's devastation of it's people over the years I still don't want to be apart of any monstrosity like theirs by dragging a villain like Bin Laden in the street.  The U.S. I feel handled this situation in a humane Christian manner. If we stooped to his level of evil then our citizens would be exposing ourselves to more fear of attacks.

Today we showed the world that we don't take loss of life of our own people lightly yet we dispose of  evil people in a manner that doesn't make us look just as villainous as they were.  God bless our world and it's anger toward one another. Let us see that it is the way of Satan that makes our world dark and it's not you who causes evil. I believe you our the true judge of the world and that you will bring justice on all who cause great evil and it is through your great mercy that you allow us to come to terms on our own and admit ours sins. We know your arms are open to all who believe in you and repent and confess our sins. Amen!