Hola readers!
I haven't done a controversial post in awhile. I use to do them quite often. Basically if I'd hear something contradicting what I feel deeply about, I'd have to say my piece. I use to spend a lot of time trying to prove my point. I would research and plot and plan how to prove I was right. I loved a good debate. I loved to bring on the heat.
But in the past year or so I've found that I'm tired of trying of bring up controversy and trying to prove what I believe is right. I'm tired of focusing on the wrong decisions the world is making. I'm just tired of the fighting and  name-blaming and finger-pointing.
I'm tired of trying to bring my point across.
There's enough of that in the world already.
I'm exhausted with it all.
I don't believe we are put into the world to bring about debates and arguments. I don't believe we were put into the world to contradict every soul who has a different idea.
Don't get me wrong -- I believe we should stand up for what is right. I believe in our land being governed in a way that God intended. I don't believe in a world where all views can be and are correct, in a world of absolute morality.
But I do believe that actions speak louder than words. I don't believe in living the cynic, trying to draw everyone to my side. I find it exhausting.
I have a heart for the broken. At times I find myself on the floor crying because I feel the broken world so deeply and I want nothing more than to have others feel the deep and grace of Jesus, for them to know they are beautiful and loved.
I want to be a friend to everyone and for them to understand they are loved no matter who they are.
But I cannot bring everyone to "my side." I can't "save" everyone....or anyone for that matter.
That's not my job.
And it's not your's either.
I've ceased in trying to bring up controversy here on the blog, not because I believe that we should all live in peace of people's ideas and live in fear of being different. But because I believe that Love sways more strongly than the sword.
Sometimes words are needed. Sometimes controversy is needed. And if I feel I need to write a post that puts a little more heat on around here, I will. But I no longer want to live a life that tries to contradict everyone around me.
God is judge. I am not.
There will be times where I will speak out. I will not remain silent. You can read the Bible about Jesus getting mad in church one time and felt it was time to speak out. It's one of my favorite moments in the Bible. Jesus wasn't afraid of controversy.
But He wasn't afraid to love either.
That is what the world has forgotten.
We know how to argue and bring our point across and prove we are right but we have forgotten how to love.