LOVE - The glossy word.

One of the funniest things about Gay Rights is that they are supported by heterosexuals whose record in the 'love and marriage' thing is very questionable.   Just look around at the women deserted by husbands and to be fair the husbands deserted by wives, the girls and women used and abused then left to be single mothers or have an abortion.   Just look at the billion dollar sex industry and the mounting cases of rape, historical and contemporary, the grooming of the young from care homes or by internet.  Just look at teenage pregnancies and teenage contribution to Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  If I then feel that all this 'But they love one another" is hypocritical in the extreme can I be blamed?  It is the worst case of patronisation I have ever come across.  One can almost hear the undertone "Ah, the poor little pets!"   I think there are many gays who resent it and in a way the gay activists resent it too, but if it helps them to an objective then it is OK with them, patronise all you want.
But what can I find in the Christian Church when I mention the word 'Love'.   I expect to find the love of Christ there and love defined in the way that Christ taught us.    Unfortunately many communities do not seem to grasp this.   The love they offer is like treacle running down your back, it can be very uncomfortable.   They mean well but their idea of love does not go beyond the love any human has in his or her heart for another.   When I go to Church I want to find a Community in love with Christ both in word and in deed.   I can find friendship anywhere, but in Church the friendship should lead me to God.   Ok, I am spouting a lot of words here so let us turn to find what the Master said.   "If you love me KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS".  "Not everyone who cries to me Lord, Lord, will enter the Kingdom of Heaven but only he who does the will of my Father in Heaven"  "Man does not live on bread alone but on EVERY word that comes from the Father"   "Thy Kingdom come, Thy WILL be done on earth as it is in heaven...."      There are many other examples but the point is this that Christ expects more than just a natural love, he expects a sacrificial love.  That is the love a priest is expected to teach his congregation, a love that is in harmony with the love of God and is building the Kingdom of God.  With a natural love it is easy to be popular, you just say it is all about love and ignore the teachings of Christ as though they did not matter.   Then you just ignore or claim it is not your fault that there are young children suffering from their parents divorce, that there are young women still at school who are used and abused, that relationships between men and women fail and leave heartache and grief, divorce, adultery, it all goes on.   But then you are there are you  not to be nice when they come to you - you are full of love and understanding and the notion that perhaps you have a responsibility to teach these things are wrong, never enters the equation.   You are the popular one.    Love is the wonderful gift you give to others - when it is too late.          

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