April 22, 2013
If I have hurt you, I am truly sorry…
I’m no biblical scholar. I’m no prophet. I’m just a girl with an opinion. And here’s mine…
We’re commanded in scripture to “be holy as I am holy” (1 Peter1:16). The word holy means to be “set apart.” However, in our Christian culture we’ve taken it further to mean “segregated.” In our quest to be holy, we’ve somehow separated ourselves from the very people we claim we love and want to reach.
We shrink back from those who may hold a different belief system than ours, or practice a different lifestyle. We angrily speak out against hot-button issues, widening the gap and forgetting there are human souls that bear the image of God behind each one.
Sadly, we are known for what we’re against… READ THE REST HERE