Marching to the Wrong Beat

✔ Filthy communication...acceptable. 

✔ Lying? That's ok too.

✔ Adultery...It's in the past so no problem.

✔ Stealing? It's ok...they meant well.

✔ Cheating?  Nobody was hurt...it's ok.

✔ Grifting? Nobody made them give so it's ok.

✔ Bribery? Where's the problem...it's ok.

✔ Nudity/porn? Classy and beautiful.

✔ Unrepentantly living in a sinful state...Well, we have all sinned...it's ok.

✔ This one truly baffles me: Rape is now ok, too...

When we choose to turn a blind eye and endorse someone--who has unrepentantly done or is doing these kinds of things--with excuses and justifications, we are putting a stamp of approval on every action. 

You know what? We can excuse and justify sin all we want to but the Word of God does not, can not, and will NEVER back us up. That's just us marching to the beat of our flesh...

Just keepin' it real...

Offensive Word Salad

"We're not a racist country...We've never been a racist country."

                    - Nikki Haley

                      Republican Presidential Candidate

So...slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, the KKK, the Civil War, police brutality against non-whites, discrimination (in the work place, education, and housing)...all of that must have happened in an alternate universe and not America. 😮

You know...this lady just keeps on saying offensive stuff. Does she really believe what she's saying or is she just trying to win the vote of the racist bigots of this country?

One thing for sure is she needs to start thinking before she speaks for these highly offensive statements dismiss, disregard, and discount the real life experience a whole sector of this Nation has endured for generations.

Just keepin' it real...

It's Okay...Love YOU

When you accept yourself, it eliminates the hunger to have people--those sometimes loving, supportive, loyal, giving, hypocritical, tiresome, venomous, toxic, jealous creatures--accept you. 

Love everybody but make sure your constant and loyal companion--yourself--is at the top of the list for people will come and go in your life but YOU will always be there. 

For my deep brothers and sisters, the Bible teaches self-denial (saying no to what we want when it conflicts with what God wants) and humility (not arrogant, not prideful, not boastful, acknowledging a need for God and submitting to Him) NOT self-hate. 

It took me a minute but when I got it...I got it. 

Just keepin' it real... 

He's not Down There

Unbelievable! 

A "Christian" said Trump exemplifies what Jesus would do. 

For that statement to be true, Jesus would have be a rapist, liar, con artist, thief, bigot, nasty to people, an insurrectionist, etc. 

Jesus was, did and would do NONE of those things! 

My question is JUST WHO DOES THIS "CHRISTIAN" THINK JESUS IS? 

Oh, it gets much worse: Trump's indictments for his wrong doings are like Christ's crucifixion. 

Christ was innocent of all the charges leveled against Him!  No sin was found in Him. 

We've witnessed Trump's actions in real-time, we've read the released documents related to his indictments and court cases, we've heard the bile and filth that pours out of his mouth. Trump being held accountable for his actions is like Christ's crucifixion? You've got to be kidding me!

Again...JUST WHO DOES THIS "CHRISTIAN" THINK JESUS IS? 

How dare these folk try to bring Christ down to Donald Trump's level to justify their support of Trump and all he represents, including his criminal baggage!

Look, if folk want to support a rapist, liar, con artist, bigot...just do it, OWN it and STOP trying to reduce Jesus Christ down to Trump's level to justify doing so. 

I admit this kind of stuff is a definite trigger for me. If folk would just OWN their stuff and STOP trying to use the Bible and the Lord as a cover! 

Christ is NOT down there on Trump's level. Never has been and never will be.

How dare they...breathe, girl...breathe!

Just keepin' it real...

Holiness is not Optional

Why is it that so many of the sermons preached today don't include a call for holiness? 

Holiness is not about makeup, jewelry, ankle length dresses, or the straightness of your hair. Don't get me wrong, inward holiness WILL BE reflected outwardly. 

Holiness is about being separated from sin, hating what God hates, loving what He loves, and living by and measuring everything by the standard of His Word.

Many scriptures call for holiness. Some folk live like they consider holiness to be optional...it is not.

1 Peter 1:16 KJV

16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

The focus on give-to-get and feel good sermons--to keep the pews filled and dollars flowing--and less focus on the requirement of holiness has resulted in a Church where anything and everything goes. Some boldly and willfully live raggedy and sinful lives, declaring they're covered by grace. 

The Word says...

Hebrews 12:14 KJV

14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

I don't care how deep or enlightened you think you are man made doctrines and declarations do NOT trump the Word of God. Period.

I was raised spiritually in the "Sanctified" church in my community. Holiness was not considered optional. It was taught as a biblical command. The more I see happening (and accepted) in the Church today, the more grateful I am for the sound biblical teaching I received as a babe in Christ.