1 Corithians 13
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have
become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift
of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I
have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am
nothing. And though I bestow
all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be
burned, but have not love, it profits me
nothing.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy;
love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does
not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity,
but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes
all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
Where are your priorities?
What do you give importance to?
At the end of the day...
What really matters?
I was born and raised in the Apostolic faith.
I'm a born again,
tongue talking,
holy rollin,
baptized in Jesus Name
Believer.
I wear skirts below the knee and my hair is uncut.
I believe there is only one God and His name is Jesus.
I believe all these things, but does that make me a "christian"?
Being raised in this
I've seen the long and the short of it.
The good and the bad.
The beautiful and the ugly.
And I may offend a few people with this post,
but I only say what I'm about to say because I care.
Apostolic
Pentecostals
UPC
ALJC
PAW
. . . .it doesn't really matter the organization,
All are known for their holiness.
Their modesty.
Their "truth"
Their doctrine.
but sadly, mostly for their judgment.
For some reason through out the ages we have got it in our thick skulls that we know the one and only way to heaven.
To extent that is true.
We do preach that Jesus is the only way.
[Acts 2:38]
But we also preach that if a girl cuts her hair... its a shame.
If a man has a tattoo... He's defiling his body.
Before I go on
don't get me wrong.
I believe in standards.
I believe in Holiness.
My hair is uncut and goes clear down my back.
My skirt is way below my knee and there is no makeup on my face.
But those are my convictions...
what I don't believe is that if my sister does not do the same she will not make it into heaven.
I've had so many young girls come up to me struggling with holiness issues.
Whether it's a matter of just having a hard time following it.
Understanding it. Being accepted.
or for most of them its the matter of they're judged if they don't follow it.
I've never understood what gave churches the right to tell a young lady that she is a sinner because she wore pants to school last week.
Because her skirt didn't go quite below her knee she was called a slut.
Because her hair doesn't grow very fast...people assume she cuts it....oh how could she?!?!?
WHO CARES.
Since when is that any of your business.
That is between her and God.
I'm more worried about her heart.
Where does it lie.
Because if she can clean her heart out.
Dedicate that to God. First and foremost.
She will soon gain a relationship with God.
And holiness will follow.
It won't have to be shoved,
pushed onto,
or convinced.
It will be her heart's desire.
So let God do the judging.
And that goes for everything.
That young man who just started coming to your church and got the Holy Ghost on Sunday...
but is still smoking. . . .give him break. Let God work on his heart.
All you need to do is pray and be there for him.
And stop worrying about how everyone else is living,
and start paying attention to what being a Christian really is.
. . . .Helping
. . . .Loving
. . . .Caring
. . . .Giving
When was the last time you stopped a stranger and told them, "God loves you"
Or gave that extra change in your wallet to a homeless person.
We are so quick to judge, but so hesitant to love.
With Love,
Ally
