MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
How the heck is everyone doing? I hope this blog finds you well and that you and yours have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
2013 seems to be on its way out with a 'controversy' of sorts or at least leaving us all with something to talk about. The Media has spun a web of distrust and division among people in general that what is right is being called wrong and what is wrong is being called right. SAD, why yes it is!
Lots of things happened this year some note worthy and some not so note worthy, but the not so note worthy was used to deflect from what is really going on in the world and to hide the truth. SAD, why yes it is!
Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) left an estimated death toll of 10,000 people and more than12,000 injured not to mention the loss of property and total destruction caused. This typhoon hit November 2, 2013 category 5 'Super Typhoon'! Now, I don't watch the news much so I can't say for sure but how often did you hear about this disaster? How much media coverage did it get and is it still getting any coverage now? Tornadoes were tearing through the Midwest during this time, has there been any updates on those misplaced and devastated by those tornadoes? As I said I don't watch the news much, so I can't say for sure BUT I bet they are not being talked about. I bet we all know about Kayne West and Kim K., Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and on an on…SAD, why yes it is!
Now this month everybody is talking about Phil Roberson and Duck Dynasty because of his alleged 'homophobic' comments. Really?! The question was "What, IN YOUR MIND, is sinful?" Phil's response "Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men", he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy the drunkards, the slanders, the swindlers - they don't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right." (See GQ interview.) They asked this man what he thought was sinful and he paraphrased the Bible speaking from his beliefs and now he is labeled a homophobic, racist, and gets fired from his reality TV show. SAD why yes it is!
America is suppose to be the land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE. Free speech is suppose to be a right that ALL Americans have under the First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the of the press…" It appears that part of that Amendment still holds true…the part about the press publishing what they want….BUT the part about free speech…I think that part is only allowed in regards to certain things as long as what you are saying is 'politically correct'. Otherwise it appears that your speech can be costly instead of 'free'. SAD, why yes it is!
Whenever a Christian makes statements concerning their beliefs they are immediately labeled depending on the statement, as homophobic, haters, closed minded, judgmental, etc. I cannot speak for all Christians BUT I don't believe I am any of these things. You ask me about homosexuals I will say the Bible says that a man shall not lay with another man as he would a woman. Not a judgment it is a statement an answer to your question. I don't have a heaven or a hell to put you in so how can I judge you? We have been so conditioned by the media and those around us that when the truth is spoken, we immediately call it a lie and call the person who said it a HATEFUL name to mark them with a scarlet letter so everyone will look at them and remember them as the person who hates…. NOT SO! ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND EVERYONE THEY MEET AS THEY LOVE CHRIST. Our point of view just happens to be different than yours. Just because I tell you what the Bible says DOES NOT mean that I hate you. That is the farthest thing from the truth. I have nothing but love for you, I may disagree with your lifestyle but it is not my life. It is your life you live it how you see fit and I will just continue to pray for America in general. See if I say I will pray for you then again, I am offending you because you have been conditioned to believe that I think your "lifestyle" or your life, your "homosexuality" your….fill in the blank can be prayed away as if there is something wrong with you. Believe me when I say there is nothing wrong with you, you were made with love so much so love that He knows the numbers of hairs on your head. It appears that freedom of speech occurs for those who are speaking the same language as the politically correct, mainstream media, using feel good words so as not to offend or make someone feel bad about themselves. Everyone wants to be loved and thought of as beautiful and 'okay', everyone needs to know that they have someone cheering for them, even if they are the only one cheering. What they don't know is they have someone who thinks they are BEAUTIFUL! Who is cheering for them to be everything they can be and who wants to lavish them with so much love it is overwhelming. BUT we can't talk about that because that is what the Bible says and speaking about what the Bible says is not politically correct. SAD, why yes it is!
My most sincere prayer for you and America is that you know the TRUTH. What you do with it is your business.
See ya when I see ya!
Peace!
Mattie
