Now that elections are upon us it seems that everyone wants the Christian conservative who will put an end to gay marriage, abortion, and stem cell research. I posit that Jesus doesn't care about which laws the government has as much as he cares about the govern's heart behind it. We can have all the laws in the world in place, banning things that Jesus' heart breaks for, but unless the populations' hearts are on the same page it is fruitless. A homosexual couple rather than getting married will simply live in their own closet continuing to defile God's expression of love to us through a male-female marriage; a teenage mom will grow a resentful spirit either towards her parents, government, her child, or God for having her go through with the pregnancy.
I would rather have an America where we are free to choose what we want to do (not merging religion and government) but we choose not to act on our "civil liberties" that displease our creator and lover. So the next time you stand up against politicians who think citizens should be able to marry whom they want or to carry or abort their child, I plead with you, stand up instead for love and justice. Pray for those who would want to use that liberty (because if you're just doing something and never praying for the action, how much do you really care about it?) and do something about it. Mentor, teach, pray with and foster those who need to see the redeeming power of Jesus.
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