No room for Racism in church

I dont even remember the last time I wrote on this blog. I didnt even know I still had a blog.. Facebook has taken in that area for me... I have been thinking for some time that I wanted to become a blogger.. Well today is the day for me to "start" blogging. We will see how long it lasts...

I am not a great writer. I hardly ever pay attention to commas or punctuation.. I am sure my sentence structure could always use work.. I dont use them because I cant or dont know where they go. I just am lazy and to busy to care.. So if you need all that stuff this blog isnt for you.. Or if you like to criticize all that stuff this blog may be for you...

A lot has happened since I last blogged.. Eric and I now have 2 girls.. Abigail (abby) and Madelyn (maddie).. We couldnt be happier with our daughters.. They are the light in our eyes.. More about "catching up" in another blog.

Our church http://www.praisecathedral.com/ is having a big Christmas Eve service. You can read about it more on the Church website..

I had a lady call me today to ask questions about the service.. Then she had questions about our church.. Is this the pink church she asked. I said yes we are pinkish purple (long story but hey you cant confuse us with someone else) She asked if we were Catholic. I said no we are church of God Pentecostal. She said REALLY?! I said yes.. She said i am so excited.. I have to ask another question. "You see I am a black lady and will people look at me like I dont belong?" I said No My church is every open and we have people form many races.. I explained to her we hare a lot of white people but we have alot of Spanish and we are growing in the area of our black members. She told me she didnt care if we were all white she just wanted to make sure we didnt care she was black.. She was excited we will except her even though we dont have the same skin color.

I am excited I could brag on my church however it also breaks my heart that she would even have to ASK if a church would accept her because of the color of her skin.. Jesus died for all people and it is a shame that any church (christian church) would look at her any differently. I am not the color Jesus was when he walked the earth and he accepts me. I am so thankful he doesnt exclude me from salvation because I am white. How can a christian church act on the "Lord's" behalf and make someone feel they dont belong. It will be mutli racial in heaven so the people here on earth should get used to it.

I have had a problem over the course of my almost 31 years (that is right 31). My problem has not been with a drunk or a drug addict or whatever sin someone may have come out of.. My problem has always been with a racist. I literally get sick to my stomach if someone has a racial filled joke or something I consider off. I do not understand how a Christian can be a racist. I question if you can be a racist and be a christian.. at the very least you cant be a good christian and "good" racist at the same time..

The Lord reminded me of something recently when I was very upset about some racist things (not in my church i might add just in general) I think i was starting to have hate in my heart towards them.. The Lord reminded me he died for the racist too and that I had to love them also so that I am not a type of "racist" of people who are unsaved.

We are Youth Directors at our church, and we have so many from so many different races. I am proud of that. A year or so ago someone was asking if we had different races, and I said no not really. Someone else was there to remind me of all the races we did have in our youth.. I stopped and though wow we do.. I didnt realize.. I said you know when I look at them I dont see their different races I just see my kids that why i didnt answer correctly..

I am so thankful for a Lord that loves color blindly. I am so thankful for a church I can invite anyone to and we will love and welcome them to our family!..

So I know my first blog back is a hard subject. Racism can be a fire starter kind of subject.. However that phone call really touched my heart stings.. SO if you read this blog and have something bad to say about a race take it elsewhere.