Gracebug

Happy Martin Luther King Jr day. Before I say anything, I respect and admire Martin Luther King Jr, and despite how this post will sound, this could not be more true.

Why do people always forget the Junior of his name? Biggest pet peeve associated with this day(and there are a lot of them). Seriously, when you say Martin Luther King, that means nothing to me. I don’t even know who you’re talking about. For all I know you could be talking about MLK senior. Seriously people, if you’re going to sing a man’s praises at least get his name right!

Also…. the Wednesday after halloween we talked about reformation day in youth group. We asked the people “Do you know who Martin Luther is?” the answer was “oh sure, he was that black guy who faught for civil rights.”

erm, no.

Why don’t we have a Martin Luther day?

Also! Since we’re talking about the civil rights movement, why don’t we have an Abe Lincoln day or a William Wilberforce day or a Grace Menter day? What makes MLKJ so special? IN the history of the world there are a lot of people who gave their lives so the we as Americans can have freedom and equality. Hell, we need a Jesus Christ day. We need a George Washington day we need a Ben Franklin day. We need a John Locke day and a Paul Revere day.

I think we really really really need a Martin Luther day.

And this is the part of my post where I recommend a book(I biography) entitled “Here I Stand” by Roland H. Bainton. My freshman year of high school I wrote a few papers on why Martin Luther changed the world. The majority of my research(ok, a fraction of it) came from this book. Bekah, I know you will read it, so do it soon! Completely changed my perspective on religion and revolution and, of course, Martin Luther. You think MLKJ was a good man? I think he learned it from his namesake.

(This was supposed to be written two days ago.)

So a few nights ago I got fairly ticked and wrote a post. Majority Persecution. If you haven’t read it yet, you will be lost. Go read it.

That night I went to bed and read my chick lit book and did my usual 1AM routine… Then I did something I haven’t done in a while(Shame on me a million times over).

I picked up my bible.

Yes yes. Shame on me.

I opened up to…. James? Because I felt like that was a good place to read… mmhm, yeah gurl.

I read the first chapter…. followed a cross reference. Came back to the original verse to followw a new cross reference. Followed another cross reference from there and SHAZAM!

John 15:18-19

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”

I must be doing something right then. Cuz the world sure hates me. And according to this verse it’s because I belong to Jesus. It must show. I’m taking this as a compliment. Definitely a compliment.

I love God. I love when He shows me verses that lift the burdens on my heart. I love it when He takes me in his arms and claims me as His. I don’t know what else to say, but this is proof to me that God is real. This stuff doesn’t happen coincidentally.

So I was facebook stalking someone today and I came across a status…. “‘I won’t apologize for being a Christian’ you don’t have to because you’re the majority.”

Ok, so it’s ok to persecute the majority now? Kinda like how it’s ok to persecute men and it’s ok to persecute white people and it’s ok to persecute straight people. Now who’s discriminating?

Hypothetically let’s say the person who wrote this status is a black, muslim lesbien. Yeah I know, probably would never happen, but we’re talking about hypotheticals. Is this person persecuted? And for the sake of realism let’s say she’s an atheist. Really, is this person persecuted? She’s almost by default a liberal as well. These are the people getting on my case because I am a prude. Because I”m “homophobic”. Because I”m a racist and I hate people and judge people and blah blah blah! I face incredible hardship in my place of education because I’m a conservative uber religious prude. I can’t even talk about my views and my politics, my values, because someone will call me an idiot. Someone will get mad at me and call me names and become offended. Not because I say anything truly offensive, but because I stand for something that makes them feel inferior and intimidated. It makes them feel oppressed like they have something to hide.

And basically as a result I end up being persecuted. And they don’t see it as wrong because today’s society says I deserve it.

I’m 17 years old and I love Jesus. All my views stem from this absolute truth. There’s nothing threatening in this, and there certainly isn’t anything that says I deserve to be persecuted. Especially considering the peaceful nature of my religion. I am the most peaceful person in the world, my philosophy in interacting with people is to love them with the love of Christ, friend or foe. What is there to hate about that? Why are some people willing to cut a blatant psychopath slack but not an innocent 17 year old who believes in Jesus and isn’t harming anyone?

I don’t deserve persecution any more then the next person, but such is the nature of my chosen path. Jesus said that there would be hardship. That there would be persecution and pain. I signed up for this.

What makes me truly sad is that these people are so blinded by hatred for God and his perfection that they would think it’s ok to put people through hell on earth. I am saddened by the human condition. I want everyone to get along, and I know the only way for that to happen is if everyone believes in God and loves each other with the love of God. This is why I proselytize. Cuz I want peace just as much as the next guy.

Maybe even more cuz I’m the one the world loves to hate.

Would you like to meet my pet peeves? Their names are book-cover models and threadbare morality.

If you are an avid reader, let me give you a tip. DO NOT READ NIKI BURNHAM’S ROYALLY CRUSHED!

The front cover model is tan and brunette and buxom when the main character of the story is obviously a flat ginger.

When picking up this book I thought “Ooh a good book to turn off my brain to”. I was MISTAKEN!

If you can’t tell at the moment I am rather ROYALLY TICKED! This book was supposed to be an innocent romance about a young girl whose parents are going through divorce and how she has to move to Lichtenstein(It’s fictitious equivalent, actually)and she meets the prince and falls in love and they live happily ever after despite the blasted media.

(Calming myself and searching for a blog-friendly curse-word)

The blasted book is about a blasted ginger whose blasted mom decides she a blasted lesbien!!!!!

This is where threadbare morality comes in. I get the picture, Niki Burnham. You have blatantly spoken your hatred for conservatives and their so-called family values. I get the picture that you think that it’s OK to be gay. I get it, blast it! BUT IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT YOURSELF, DON’T WRITE A BLASTED BOOK ABOUT IT!!!

(Be thankful I am censoring myself for you benefit, dear reader(Rebekah), my thoughts are not so tame)

Throughout the book the main character is coming to grips with the fact that her mom ended a 20 year marriage with no warning because she was having an affair with another woman. The main character is trapped between a bunch of feelings, all of them mixed, all of them giving me the impression that the author is highly confused as to her own feelings on the matter. There’s a point where an author spends WAY too much time justifying her main’s thoughts so that she, the author, isn’t perceived as a homophobe.

Well Niki, You fail. Cuz I’m getting the opinion you’re a homophobe and the only reason you’re writing a book about a lesbien is because it’s a hot liberal topic and you’re the perfect sheep liberal.

And to crown the whole and just make me even more peeved, Good ol’ dear Niki, You just HAD to bring up religion. “I’m sure God doesn’t think my mom is sinning because she’s a lesbien”

Ok let’s look at this. Your mom
1. Cheated on your dad
2. With a woman
3. Which ended up causing a divorce.

Right, so far your mom has broken a ten commandment, shown herself to have a depraved mind, and done something that God hates. idk what God you think you’re serving, but it sure ain’t the real one.

All you people want to justify yourself by saying “Oh, God wouldn’t judge me for this because he’s a kind God.” yet in the same breath admit that you’re not “Religious”

Well if you aren’t religious, how do you know diddly-squat about God and who He judges? Do you just have ESP or something? The Liberal who sets foot in church 2 times a year is trying to tell me, a 4 day a week church goer, that They’re the expert authority on God and who he judges. Have you read your bible lately? Obviously not because if you did you would know that homosexuality is a sin. So is adultery and lying and lust and swearing(ouch) and anger(double ouch) and excessive flirting(triple ouch) and being born human(quadruple ouch)

What I want to know is why morals are so important to immoral people. If I didn’t believe in God, I would go out and do all that bad stuff and I wouldn’t feel bad about it. I wouldn’t try to justify myself, I wouldn’t try to feed myself some bull-crap just to make me feel like I’m a good person cuz frankly, if there is no God, Who cares that I’m a good person or not?

I”m a christian and I’m a terrible person. I admit that. And I am happier in the knowledge that I”m a terrible person and God HATES what I do then a pseudo-Christian is while trying to justify every little action and make themselves out to be a good person just to make themselves feel better. I’m a scum-dweller and I’m happy, BECAUSE I’m living under grace. And the people who try and try and try and are FOREVER trying…. Those people aren’t happy. Those people write highly offensive and confusing books about lesbien moms. Those people grapple with themselves about what they believe God finds to be sin and what God doesn’t. And these people don’t accept grace.

So why not admit you’re filthy rotten and be happy? I did.