Kit-N-Kadoodle
Christian, LGBT, Pan-Sexual. I am happily married. My blog showcases my drawings, and other tumblrings I find interesting. Huzzah.
What can I say? This weekend has probably been the second greatest weekend of my life. (Next to our wedding of course.) I have learned so much, felt so much love and acceptance. For the very first time in three years I felt free to worship God with other Christians without fear of being judged or mocked. For the first time my wife and I held hands toward heaven as we worshiped God together in song without awkward looks. As I sobbed years of joy and sadness that this gathering was ending soon, my wife’s embrace kept me standing. Worshiping with LGBTQ Christians and Allies was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. To truly understand why would require some time, but we are a group of people who, for the most part have experienced massive pain and heartache from places that were once our safest sanctuaries before coming out. (I mean that literally and figuratively). But for some those places of safety and worship came to represent pain, repression, exclusion, and broken hearts. For some, their lives were and are on the line, and to see that a ministry like The Reformation Project has been able to empower Christians to SAVE LIVES so they can worship together in one safe place for a weekend… Is truly beautiful. I don’t care where you are on your journey toward LGBTQ affirmation and inclusion in the Church. It will take time and you are free to have that time. But the Holy Spirit was there tonight. The Lord is alive and well in the hearts of my fellow LGBTQ brothers and sisters. And He is doing amazing work through us. And nothing anyone can say will ever take away what was felt and experienced this weekend. As we worshipped tonight, I was saddened by the daunting task being open on rural KANSAS and teaching other LGBTQ people in our area. It all seems so large. But God gave me a vision of Jesus walking on the water, and be has called all of us out there with Him. He is smiling and proud that we have faith to walk with Him …and the sky is opened up and shining down on us, almost like Jesus’ baptism. IT WAS SO beautiful it was as if God was challenging me to trust thst he is God and he will provide, he always does. We are LGBTQ. We are Christians trying to live our lives authenticity and faithfully. And we aren’t going to let our lights be hidden behind behind a bush. We won’t allow anyone to snuff them out. We are going to let our light shine.
I am a Gay Christian, and I recently tuned in to the Reformation Projects Convention in Atlanta. They were streaming the majority of the conference online. The Last speaker said things that blew me away and broke my heart at the same time. here are my thoughts. This is addressed to those Christians who continue to keep us away from Church:
Listened to many powerful things today during The Reformation Project’s Atlanta Conference online. One of the topics that was touched upon really struck me at my core and broke my heart a little bit. and I am shaking so hard I can hardly type.First of all, to my fellow brothers and Sisters in Christ: I am wearing the same Armor of God that you are. We are not enemies. Please stop treating me as such, whether it be by exclusion, disgust, fear, ignoring my existence or pretending not to notice. We have a common enemy and it is not Sexuality and Gender Identity.Secondly, Have you guys ever considered the possibility that you are fighting against the very will of God when he says, “FOR WHO EVER calls upon Jesus will inherit the Kingdom of God.” Have you considered the possibility that you are being used to spit venom and hate and pain when all God wants is for you to love and accept the fact that His love is bigger and greater than we can EVER imagine?Church, have you considered that perhaps you are a roadblock? That you are slowing down HIS work?I know these are tough questions, and you can throw them right back at me. I am shaking right now as I ask them because it never occured to me that perhaps my fellow Christians are being used in a way they never ever thought was possible and that is to perpetuate a LIE that God doesn’t love or accept the LGBT community. Are my fellow Christians preventing VITAL members of the Body from joining churches?I am shaking because as marriage equality moves forward, I have faith that someday Kat and I, and the LGBT community will stand beside you, and worship God TOGETHER without fear…That day is not here yet…please stop and think are you slowing down HIS KINGDOM from advancing? All we want is to LOVE our FATHER WITH YOU.We serve the same God, We have the same savior. We have the same mission. We are not your enemy. Please PLEASE consider this.#TRPinATL