The Real World:Christian Oppression

Todays class was very very eye opening for me in terms of who has rights and who doesn't. Who's core beliefs are more important than who's? Well, returning to college after 5 years has certainly made me more aware of how the world truly operates today.

In class, we were given case studies and after reading them we were to simply state our thoughts and feelings on the cases presented. The first case study gave an account of a gay man wanting to marry his partner. He has a Christian friend that he has invited to the wedding but he wishes not to attend the wedding. The class was very open in discussing their opinions and then the class took a turn.

There is an openly gay woman in the class who ran out the room crying because there were people in the class who said that if this were a real situation they were put in they too wouldn't attend the wedding because of their belief system. The man is entitled to his choice but those who don't accept that lifestyle would want to opt out of attending the wedding. We were then told by the professor that when we are voicing our opinions we should be aware of who is in our surroundings.

My question is this...Was she aware of her surroundings when she was telling everyone in class that she was gay. Was she aware that maybe there would be a Christian in the room who she might offend? If everyone is entitled to free speech why were the Christians responses the only one recognized as offensive?

I don't really know what to make of the situation myself. I will say that for the remainder of the class I felt very disconnected from my surroundings and I just felt like I needed to be in a safe place. I don't know about the future of our youth but I will say that we have to pray that God will be instilled in their hearts at an early age. I've heard people say that they would not encourage their children to reach out for the Holy Ghost at a young age because the child couldn't possibly know what they are asking for. I will say that the longer we wait to encourage them in the Lord the sooner the adversary will have free reign in their lives. I'm praying, I hope you are too.

A New Year!!

2007 flew by so quickly for me as I was the busiest I had ever been. My business did the best it had done, ever. I travelled every single month except February but made up for that by going out of town 2x in other months. I ran a 2 week summer camp at my church which turned out to be quite successful and was asked to run it again in 2008. The real gift of the year was that the Lord also gave me the opportunity to overcome some of life's obstacles. All it all it was a good year.

Looking back on these few accomplishments I see that the Lord hasn't forgotten me and has blessed me far more than I deserve. My new years resolution for 2008 is to simply draw closer to the Lord. If I can do that, I'm confident, all my other wants and dreams will fall into place.

I recently decided to return to my studies. Monday morning, January 7 ,I will become a student again. Hopefully for the last time. My aim is to gain my Bachelors in Social Work-Gerontology. I trust that you all will pray for me to succeed. (Anything less than a 4.0 is unacceptable in my books!) I trust that this move will help me more in my church as my current occupation takes so much of my free time that I don't feel like I'm doing all that I can for the work of the Lord.

Please pray for me as I pray for you, my family and friends. Make room for the Lord in your life if you haven't already done so. He is the only Way and through Him there is Life. I love you all and wish you happiness, love and joy.