letter to church follow up.

i know that some people missed my heart on my last blog post.  they are caught up in the 

law part of the Bible and fearful to apply too much grace and love. they aren't seeing this 

from a global perspective and are offended by my loose comparisons. they cannot separate

loving someone from loving every single thing they think or do.  i wish i could chat 

with everyone about that, but i need to focus on something else right now and ask for your 

prayer.  my prayer in all this was that God would open the eyes and hearts of some 

Christians that they might humbly admit that they have been contributing to this divide 

and oppression and that they would ask Him what He might have them do about it.  

i am getting messages about just that happening.  to God by the glory!  

one friend has a relative who is a lesbian and although she would never want anyone 

to be mean to her, she has always been uncomfortable and humbly confessed to God 

that she wanted to see her more the way that the Lord does.  

another friend confessed that she definitely has been on the ugly side and even cut off a 

relationship of a close relative when she recently made her stand against gay marriage.  

she desires now to reach out to them with a humbled, changed heart realizing after many

 prayers that her relative's heart would change…she is thankful that her own eyes were 

opened and He changed her own heart about how to love bigger.  

i spoke with another friend that had no idea that people who are gay are being brutally 

murdered and publicly shamed around the world.  she couldn't even believe that they 

would be treated poorly in the US.  she had never heard the statistics of suicide rate for 

teens who are gay or know it was illegal in many countries around the world.  she 

thought i was stretching too far to call them suffering, hurting, oppressed people.  

friends, would you join me in prayer for these people that have humbly come to the 

realization that maybe they are not loving people well and are contributing to this divide? 

please pray for any people that they reach out to reconcile with--that those people 

would have open hearts to hear them & work on their relationship. would 

you pray that we can not allow fear to rule us and know that when God asks us to 

love people, it doesn't mean only the ones that we see perfectly following the law of 

scripture in our eyes.  would you pray that we can add grace to our law and law to our 

grace in a way that honors the Lord?  would you pray that more and more desire to build 

a bridge of love, grace and compassion between the Christian and the LGBT community? 

finally, thank you for the outpouring of love through your words to me and your

sharing with your community.  i realize that this is a controversial topic, but 

i believe we have to start this conversation.  the world desperately needs to

know of our God who is loving, gracious and faithful.  

thank you for being courageous and standing for love.