Love The Sinner....Hate The Sin....Or Something Like That

In God's city, the inhabitants love people and walk on gold; while in mans city, the inhabitants love gold and walk on people.-Jason Strand 

Ever hear that old saying love the sinner hate the sin, I feel though hate is a bad emotion and should never be used. Hate takes too much emotion and if you hate something like a sin then in my life it seems that it'll spill (Hate) over into other area's of my life. So I'd rather just not give the sin in someones life any of my emotions so I'd rather say love the sinner (we all are sinners) and dislike the sin. Everyday most of us sin at some point in the day, we might lose our temper with someone, lack patients, we might not live up to having a Christ like attitude, but everyday we should strive more to be like him and less like our sinful selves.  I found the quote I started my blog with online while I was just looking around and though so true, many of us are guilty of valuing possessions, money and etc over each other this is wrong we should love each other no matter what. I had people tell me before I don't know how you can be friends with so and so they practice this belief system or I don't know how you can be nice to so and so because they do this that and the other... how could I not befriend others or be nice to them or love them as Christ loved and loves ALL of us. My favorite bible verse was the very first one I memorized as a child at VBS: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.-John 3:16 this verse doesn't say that For God so loved Lori, Steve, Kelly, Billy Bob or Sue but for God so loved the WORLD. So if he can love this whole great big world and it inhabitants they why can't we? Why must we judge others? Why must we even feel the need to Jesus loved many who were lost in their sinful selves. Why do we think we are so much better than those who do not know Christ as their personal savior, were we not lost in sin once upon a time? Did he not stoop down to where we were and lift us up out of that dark hole of sin?

God Forgives and God Loves Us All

God is a forgiving God, and for that I am thankful! Awhile back a friend and I were at odds over some stuff that I just couldn't swallow the fact that God could love someone that could do so many bad things, murder, rape and etc...how could my God love anyone like that like he loves me! My mind couldn't wrap around that. Me a mother of five children, someone who has never harmed anyone on purpose sure I know I have probably hurt people's feelings but never really meant to but basically I have a squeaky clean past and I haven't committed any crimes at all. How could God love someone like Osama Bin Laden. I was so not understanding my friend or where she was coming from at all not even a little bit my heart and my head didn't want to believe that God could care for the evil, and corrupt people out there in this world. But finally this week it sunk in and I finally got it. After the ruling of the Casey Anthony trial and she was found not guilty and I had been reading news boards, message boards posts by Christians saying they hope she burns in hell, and how they wished they would have "fried her" it hit me I got it and it hurt me to see people proclaiming to be Christians saying such nasty things.They shouldn't be saying such things they should be praying for her soul, praying for the truth, praying for what is right and just in this world not praying for another human beings demise when there wasn't enough evidence to convict her. She might not have been the best mother in the world I'm sure she wouldn't be up for mother of the year I'm sure she neglected her at times probably for her own selfish ways, it has been proven that she lied but people lie often, there are other bad parents out there but none of them have murdered their child. Who is to say she murdered hers? She is God's to judge in the end, and if she seeks forgiveness for her sins she too will be welcomed into heaven because our God is a forgiving God, a loving God and he doesn't want not a single soul to be lost to Satan. We shouldn't rejoice in anyone's death, or anyone's life being in jeopardy we should be praying for them. It's sad when anyone dies harder when it's a small child but when we step away and look at the bigger picture if we believe in God then we know that Caylee is in heaven with her heavenly father and she is at peace, she is not in pain, she is not suffering  at all. Casey will have to be stuck here earth bound and having to live with what has happen to her child be it at her hands, or due to her neglect. And other Christians pointing fingers wanting her to burn in hell is no better than a murderer 1 John 3:15 Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.  Remember yall things are sometimes not what they seem you know part of the story you don't know all of the story but our God does know it all! Do not rejoice in anyone's death do not hold hate or contempt in your heart for another person for God loves us all even the wicked.

Watching God Work

This week has been a phenomenal week for my family!All I can do this afternoon is give God the glory for it all! Wow I can't believe that I held on to so much for so long and tried to fix everything myself when all I had to do was let God take charge of it all. All I had to do was take my hands off of the mess my life had become and all I had to do was ask, pray and believe.My 14 year old Adreanna spent the week at Crossroads camp with her youth group I prayed adamantly everyday that God would move in my child's life and the other children's live not only did my little girl give her heart and soul to the lord but there were many others as well! Nothing but pure tears of joy are rolling down my cheeks as I type this to watch God move and work is a glorious experience.Today my oldest came to church with us Katie swore to me that she would and I quote "Never step foot in church with me." I knew then and I know now God has the power to change many things if we ask him and we believe in him. I will continue to pray that God will continue to work on my family we have come so far! She even graced us with her presence at lunch today and she normally doesn't eat meals with us at the table anymore. My husband and I also celebrated our seventh anniversary yesterday when just last summer I had, had it I was fed up and I was ready to give up on us.But look what God has done our relationship has gotten better it isn't perfect but it's no where near it was this time last year. I know there will come moment's of unhappiness, there will be downs but I also know no matter what God hears my prayers and God will answer I just have to be patient and believe.In the meantime I will just chill and watch God work!