Tonight I am sitting outside of Starbucks in Fort Worth. My friends who know me personally would be shocked that I am here (not really - I come to Starbucks a couple of times a day for Earl Grey tea). As I sit here tonight, the weather is beautiful. It's in the mid 70s and we got a little rain earlier. People are walking around and talking and generally enjoying the night. So tonight I want to talk about love.
I harp on this subject a lot because I see so much hatred in the world. Tonight, everyone around me seems to be having a good time but we all know that hate is around here somewhere. Now my girlfriend D and I had a discussion last night about politics and some of the more hot topic issues that always seem to come up. Now as I said in one of my very first blogs, I know that there are definitely issues that need to be addressed and they are serious. Whether or not you are for or against same sex marriages or abortion or flag burning or you fill in the blank. I want to challenge you to love people. I sat at lunch with my good friend J to day and this is one of the things he and I discussed. Not love specifically but allowing others to have a different opinion and still being able to love and appreciate the person.
Regardless of whether you are a die hard Republican or die hard Democrat, God calls us to love people. Did you know that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and yet He gives each of us the free will to go to Hell if that's what we chose? Guess what, He will love you all the way there. He will hate that you chose to go but He will love you and respect your decision and opinion on the subject. Did you know that when they nailed Him to that cross He said, forgive them Father for they no not what they do. He could have called 10,000 angels to get him off that cross and destroy the world but He chose not to do it. He chose to love those who were putting Him to death.
Now I know a lot of us would like to walk around in the same power that Jesus walked the earth. I think the reason that it doesn't happen is that we wouldn't say forgive them. We would call the 10,000 angels to wipe out anyone who doesn't agree with our position, political party or choice of snow cone flavor. Folks, this isn't the right way to run a railroad.
Now I am not saying that you shouldn't have an opinion and I do believe that you should stand up for who you are. Guess what I have seen both sides of the isle work to run the other one over. What I am telling you is stop the hate. If you can't express your opinion in love, then don't express it until you can. Quit making fun of or speaking badly of people who don't share the same opinion as you and start walking in love.
That's Another Opinion of the Minion
I harp on this subject a lot because I see so much hatred in the world. Tonight, everyone around me seems to be having a good time but we all know that hate is around here somewhere. Now my girlfriend D and I had a discussion last night about politics and some of the more hot topic issues that always seem to come up. Now as I said in one of my very first blogs, I know that there are definitely issues that need to be addressed and they are serious. Whether or not you are for or against same sex marriages or abortion or flag burning or you fill in the blank. I want to challenge you to love people. I sat at lunch with my good friend J to day and this is one of the things he and I discussed. Not love specifically but allowing others to have a different opinion and still being able to love and appreciate the person.
Regardless of whether you are a die hard Republican or die hard Democrat, God calls us to love people. Did you know that Jesus died on the cross for your sins and yet He gives each of us the free will to go to Hell if that's what we chose? Guess what, He will love you all the way there. He will hate that you chose to go but He will love you and respect your decision and opinion on the subject. Did you know that when they nailed Him to that cross He said, forgive them Father for they no not what they do. He could have called 10,000 angels to get him off that cross and destroy the world but He chose not to do it. He chose to love those who were putting Him to death.
Now I know a lot of us would like to walk around in the same power that Jesus walked the earth. I think the reason that it doesn't happen is that we wouldn't say forgive them. We would call the 10,000 angels to wipe out anyone who doesn't agree with our position, political party or choice of snow cone flavor. Folks, this isn't the right way to run a railroad.
Now I am not saying that you shouldn't have an opinion and I do believe that you should stand up for who you are. Guess what I have seen both sides of the isle work to run the other one over. What I am telling you is stop the hate. If you can't express your opinion in love, then don't express it until you can. Quit making fun of or speaking badly of people who don't share the same opinion as you and start walking in love.
That's Another Opinion of the Minion
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