Come On

I have stated before that I will always hold Christians to a higher standard... because we are called to those standards.

Being a special needs mom, a lot of my support comes from Facebook because I am able to connect with other parents on there.

But there is a part of me thinking about getting off...

and it has nothing to do with special needs...

its all about how Christian's are treating people who don't look exactly like them.

The thing that drives me the craziest is the memes and videos that says that if you are a person with any fame and you are note pushing the Republican Evangelical agenda then you shouldn't have the right to speak.

Many memes don't come out as far as to say that directly but there is the video from Dolly saying she isn't in politics so she doesn't talk about it that I am seeing spread around with people saying she is one of the only smart people... there are the memes about the awards shows... it goes on and on...

The issues with this is:

1. This same group of people cheers when people who do fit their mold talk... and often to the point where if the person that fits their mold doesn't get all of the spotlight they get angry. They promote Tim Tebow or the Duck Dynasty comes onto the stage but people that don't fit the mold are told they don't belong....

The problem with this is that we tell people they don't belong in the Cristian world which then says they don't belong to come to church... that is a poor way to evangelize.

2. We are often sending friendly fire... there are so many people in Hollywood and other places that are Christian and just because they don't make Christ their brand doesn't mean that they don't have a real relationship with Jesus... but we say that because they don't fit our mold that they don't belong... the might be doing huge things for the kingdom but not standing on the street corner like a phrase yelling about it.

3. We don't test people who do make their brand the faith... Mathew 7:15 talks about watching out for a wolf in sheep's clothing but we often fail to do this with people who present themselves in the brand of Christ... we don't look for false teaching... we are harder on people who are outside of the faith then people who make a brand around Jesus.

4. ALL people are allowed to be complex people. If I said x conservative was not allowed to say anything political because they were a on a TV show this same group of people would be yelling about that. I really disliked that Duck Dynasty backed Roy Moore... because Roy's character worries me... you can have the ten commandments posted someplace... but it is a lot harder to live by them. Puppet shows are easy compared to integrity. However I never said that people couldn't talk even if I disagreed with each other. The first amendment is first for a reason and free speech is really important.

5. Donald Trump is a TV star turned president who runs the whitehouse like a TV show... if you think about the logic that people can not talk if they have any fame for longer then a few seconds this hits you and it sounds foolish... Jesus talks a lot about being a hypocrite. Donald Trump has used his fame for a long time to talk about politics and at one point it wasn't for the same party he is with now.

6. If you believe that all are made in the image of God it is very selfish of you to say that someone only exists to entertain you... no person on this earth was made just to make you happy... thats not fair of you to ask a person and it seeks to diminish them as a person.


We don't learn from each other when we spend all of our time debating who should talk... now I am not saying we should be ok with hateful words... but right now it feels like it is more ok to say hateful things if you fit the mold then it is to say constructive things if you are out of the mold... it feels weird right now that at times the people who are calling for the most kindness are not the people in the mold...

I still believe Jesus is the only way... but I also think that we don't help other people in their journey to Him by telling them all the time that they suck.

The church needs to focus on being the bride of Christ... that doesn't mean that we are not involved in politics at times... but that means we shouldn't be married to a political party.

Now some will say that I am not being fair because people on the other side are not always kind to Christians... you are correct they are not always fair... however that doesn't make it right when we do it... you can not use someone else's sin to justify your own... especially when that other person was not called to follow those rules. We can't expect the world or culture to see us as any different if we spend all of our time justifying why we don't have to follow the rules that we are yelling at them to follow. It is our job to be the example. It is our job to admit when we failed and ask for forgiveness. It is our job to extend love.

I am also not some celebrity crazed person who feels the need to defend Hollywood... I an never the person you want on your team for pop culture... I don't believe I have ever watched an award show all the way through, and I have no idea who most celebrities are and couldn't pick them up out of a line up unless they were in Gilmore Girls and maybe How I Met Your Mother... I never had a poster on my wall of any boy band or movie...this is a people issue for me, I"m not some big defender of Hollywood... but I am of love.