Just don't be you.........

Good morning my friends,

I thought before my day got too busy, with meeting after meeting, at this quarterly board meeting I was just stop and chat with you.
I am sitting on my balcony at the Ponte Vedra Inn Beach Resort. I am about 100 yards from the shoreline and breathing in the salty breeze as my ears enjoy the sounds off crashing waves, which is what finally put me to sleep last night.

I must admit the beach is definitely one of my 'happy places". This is a place that I cannot help but see the wonderful works of God's hands. The vastness and depths of the oceans, and all that dwell within it has always left me in wonder and amazement. There is nothing 'man-made' that compares to all the glorious things that God simply spoke into existence.

Last night, or should I say, in the early morning hours, I came across something on Facebook shared by an acquaintance. It was an article written in the Huffington Post titled "White, conservative, Christians- I wish you really were pro-life", on which the acquaintance replied that they agree wholeheartedly. To be quite honest, I found the article irritating mostly because it was directed at this white, conservative, christian, who does not fall under the description laid out in that article, not to mention the contents could be directed at any race, political and religious individual, but was singling out one group, mine.

Stereotyping is just as bad as racism and discrimination. No one is perfect, but no one should be found guilty of acts and behaviors committed by someone else, or should they? The article spoke of love for all life, and yet I heard hate and disgust towards white, conservative, Christians. IF there is to be this proclamation of your love for life, all life, does that not include the white, conservative, Christian?


Like any other thing, there are good Christians and not so good Christians. There are those with God's agenda and those with their own hiding behind or using their faith or religion as the reason why they behave so poorly in the sight of others. I will be the first to admit that I am embarrassed and even angered by some who claim to be apart of my faith family, because if God's message of love is not what others see in you then you have much to learn about how to be less of you and more of Him.

In God's word we are warned that we would be persecuted, and I can live with that knowing that Christ paid the ultimate cost, and if He can pay the price for the crimes/sins of others, who am I to really be upset regarding the article? If you claim to be a Christian, and don't take this the wrong way, but don't be you, be Him, filter all that you are through grace and mercy, get back to the basics people. If you don't have anything nice to say, if it does not build up, if it looks or sounds like anything other than the red letters, just don't be you. (I am saying this to myself included)

Well have a great day everyone and thanks for being my friends :)