All are welcome until you’re different. All are welcome, but they twist the word of God to fit into their own skewed view of the world, their own false morals. Acceptance only applies to like-minded people. They live in a world where God can hate as opposed to showing love unconditionally. The Ten Commandments said “Love Thy Neighbor”, but I guess that had conditions.
You see, the God I learned about from my Mother said that love is love. That the color of your skin doesn’t affect who you are at heart. That we are equal in the eyes of the Lord no matter what. When we get to the gates of Heaven no amount of money or status will make you different from the man who lived begging on the corner. Nothing, and I repeat, nothing, makes you undeserving of a place at the table; not gender, not race, not status, not orientation.
So please, excuse me if my lips don’t speak your well-trained praises, if my ears won’t listen to your preaching or if my heart is not open to your worship. It's been five years since the church cast me aside, as if unworthy of His love and attention. “God’s people” deserted me because they deemed me an outcast because I love differently than they do. But the love I have for my wife embodies everything that God, and even the bible that they so fervently preach asks us to do.
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” - Corinthians
People hide behind words. Stand upon pillars of hypocrisy. They say, let him among us without sin be the first to condemn.
“He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” - Book of John
But not one among us is clean, we’re only human, and God accepts and loves us all regardless. So throw your stones and your harsh words from serpent tongues. Cast your judgment upon me without knowing my heart. I will continue to live my truth knowing that God loves me for who I am, and who He made me to be; in his image. I am perfect in His eyes, no matter how imperfect I may be.
To those who have cast me aside, I forgive you all. Finally, I forgive you all. I recognize my own fault in the aftermath of it all, for I too need to follow His word. For too long, I filled myself with the same hate thrown my way, and for that I am sorry. I pray that one day you too will find acceptance and truly love thy neighbor. May we finally be accepted in each other's hearts.
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