My heart is breaking for the Martin family right now. A 17 year old boy was gunned down by a man who was tired of "them always getting away".
Trayvon was black
The gunman was Hispanic
The gunman has not been arrested.
How can this be? How can a man shoot another person and not have to answer for his crime? Because Florida has a law called the "stand your ground" law that allows someone to shoot a person if they feel threatened.
But I am white. So I have never felt the fear that many black people live with on a daily basis.
Until I learned more about how this law could affect my child, my family, because my son has autism.
Let me paint a picture for you: my son (who should be about 6'4" tall when fully grown) is in the mall, and wants to go to the pet store. I say no, triggering an explosive emotional response. He raises his voice. Maybe he tries to pull away from me and run. A bystander feels threatened, and.shoots.my.child.
Now do you understand? After justice is found for Trayvon Martin, this law needs to be changed before justice must be found for your kid, or mine.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Ladies, Is It REALLY Our Fault?
A friend recently posted this article: http://www.epm.org/blog/2010/Oct/15/why-doesnt-church-address-issue-modesty and asked for a discussion about modesty. I am just going to cut and paste my comment here :) Please read the article before reading my comments.
My Response: This article is pretty stupid. An AFFAIR started because a woman wore a tight tee shirt to a retreat? seriously? Of course women should use good sense in dressing, but as a well endowed woman who has felt ashamed of the way God made me, since I was a teen and making stupid horny boys stumble with something that I had no control over, I think it's time to stop and call a spade, a spade. MEN, stop trying to control YOUR thought life through external means, and stop trying to feed a sense of PRIDE that you don't stumble by removing all the stumbling blocks.
The pastor in this article talked about how he was uncomfortable saying anything....maybe if you had some women preaching and in leadership instead of keeping them "where the good Lord meant them to be, quiet" they would be able to handle the extreme cases and not make your pretty little eyes hurt.
Modesty is MUCH more about the heart than the clothes. I have seen Pentecostal holiness girls in the floor length denim skirts walk in such a way, that they put the average streetwalker to shame. Modesty is about the heart, and the spirit of lust. If, as a woman, you have a lustful spirit, no amount of fabric will fix that.
And men, grow the heck up! At some point, you become a man, not a horny teenager. But I guess, in churches where a womans value is mostly dependent on how she is a "helper" for men, I can see that there would be an inordinate amount of time spent on how she is dressed. Could you imagine if MEN were subject to this much debate about THEIR clothing? No, because women in those circles "respect" men, but men PARTICULARLY in those circles, don't TRULY respect women. SO it becomes about her, not him.
ETA: I am not saying that church should turn into a strip joint. Just pointing out the absurdity of the burden on women in this particular issue. It just seems to me that the only logical conclusion of this clothing obsession in the modern church is that 'truly holy women' will end up in burkas.
My Response: This article is pretty stupid. An AFFAIR started because a woman wore a tight tee shirt to a retreat? seriously? Of course women should use good sense in dressing, but as a well endowed woman who has felt ashamed of the way God made me, since I was a teen and making stupid horny boys stumble with something that I had no control over, I think it's time to stop and call a spade, a spade. MEN, stop trying to control YOUR thought life through external means, and stop trying to feed a sense of PRIDE that you don't stumble by removing all the stumbling blocks.
The pastor in this article talked about how he was uncomfortable saying anything....maybe if you had some women preaching and in leadership instead of keeping them "where the good Lord meant them to be, quiet" they would be able to handle the extreme cases and not make your pretty little eyes hurt.
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| Mom, are these pants to tight for Jesus |
Modesty is MUCH more about the heart than the clothes. I have seen Pentecostal holiness girls in the floor length denim skirts walk in such a way, that they put the average streetwalker to shame. Modesty is about the heart, and the spirit of lust. If, as a woman, you have a lustful spirit, no amount of fabric will fix that.
And men, grow the heck up! At some point, you become a man, not a horny teenager. But I guess, in churches where a womans value is mostly dependent on how she is a "helper" for men, I can see that there would be an inordinate amount of time spent on how she is dressed. Could you imagine if MEN were subject to this much debate about THEIR clothing? No, because women in those circles "respect" men, but men PARTICULARLY in those circles, don't TRULY respect women. SO it becomes about her, not him.
ETA: I am not saying that church should turn into a strip joint. Just pointing out the absurdity of the burden on women in this particular issue. It just seems to me that the only logical conclusion of this clothing obsession in the modern church is that 'truly holy women' will end up in burkas.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Even the Sparrows....
Go HERE first: http://www.sarahscovenanthomes.blogspot.com/
Steve Jobs died yesterday. Jonathan died today. I know that he won't be on the cover of TIME, or even on your local news. But his life mattered, just as much as Steve Job's. Can you spare even a portion of the time you took to ponder Job's passing, and think about this little boy whose life hadn't even started? You read up about how Jobs lived, the kind of house he lived in, the struggles he went through to become an icon, will you take a moment to consider how this little boy lived, what dreams he might have had, the hurdles he faced. What he had already lost.....As you spend hundreds of dollars purchasing "things" from that person's company, can you spare a few dollars that will provide you with nothing tangible, but means everything to these kids?
Can you make a difference? If you have read this, you are already on your way. Now take another step. Skip your morning Starbucks and send them something that will last longer than your caffeine buzz. Before you load another app for your ipad, spend that instead on something that counts for eternity.
For without the perspective of eternity, all our struggles, all our gains, all our failures, all our pain, is meaningless. http://www.sarahscovenanthomes.blogspot.com/
Steve Jobs died yesterday. Jonathan died today. I know that he won't be on the cover of TIME, or even on your local news. But his life mattered, just as much as Steve Job's. Can you spare even a portion of the time you took to ponder Job's passing, and think about this little boy whose life hadn't even started? You read up about how Jobs lived, the kind of house he lived in, the struggles he went through to become an icon, will you take a moment to consider how this little boy lived, what dreams he might have had, the hurdles he faced. What he had already lost.....As you spend hundreds of dollars purchasing "things" from that person's company, can you spare a few dollars that will provide you with nothing tangible, but means everything to these kids?
Can you make a difference? If you have read this, you are already on your way. Now take another step. Skip your morning Starbucks and send them something that will last longer than your caffeine buzz. Before you load another app for your ipad, spend that instead on something that counts for eternity.
For without the perspective of eternity, all our struggles, all our gains, all our failures, all our pain, is meaningless. http://www.sarahscovenanthomes.blogspot.com/
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