Pensive Kayla

I hear those words and I picture Jesus putting his arm around a child, comforting them and saying, "You've got nothing to worry about. I've got this." Fast forward a couple thousand years and you hear people saying things like, "Worry is a lack of faith," or, "Worry is sin."  I fell victim to this thinking for a long time. As someone who was often anxious such phrases brought a lot of guilt. Here I was thinking that anxiety was an emotion -a GOD given emotion that sometimes got out of hand (much like anger), but suddenly I was faced with the prospect that it was actually a sin. Shame. Shame. Shame on me for being so faithless. Shame on me for worrying about something-or nothing. Shame. But there was one problem- how to stop. See, with most sins you make a conscious decision to do something you shouldn't. But this one... This one was just there. And let me tell you I would have much preferred to be rid of it even before I knew it w...

Things I have come to believe: 1. Legislation is not the way to deal with sin. 2. We need to proclaim the love of Jesus first. If someone falls in love with Jesus, dealing with sin will be a natural byproduct of that relationship. We tarnish our representation for Jesus when we can't see past race, gender, or sexual orientation long enough to proclaim His love for ALL PEOPLE. 3. All people have differing ideas of what constitutes sin and things are not always as clear cut as they seem in the English translation of the Bible. Some disagree on whether instruments in worship is sin. For some it's women keeping their head covered. For some it is homosexuality. 4. Yes, it can be Biblically explained that homosexuality is not a sin. You don't have to buy it, but you do have to accept that some do, and just because you disagree does not make them less Christian. The only opinions that matter are theirs and GOD's. It is a matter of heart. 5. We can discuss the things...