mirandalynnvega:

I am a Christian.

You might cringe at those words, because unfortunately, we’ve gotten a bad rap.

We’re the “God hates fags” guys. We’re the ones yelling at the women leaving abortion clinics. We’re the bad guys.

But myself? I like to think of myself and the people I know as different people.

I serve a God whose Son hung out with the ‘bad guys’. The whores, the drunkards, the liars, the cheats. I serve a God who has redeemed me. I’m not perfect. None of us are. And we’re all His children, and He loves us all the same whether we return that love or not.

I just wanted to say two things: I am so very sorry for those people. I am so very sorry for anyone who has hurt you, who has judged you instead of loving you because of their ‘personal beliefs’. I love you and I believe this, love is louder than anything. Hate is what nailed Him to the Cross and it sickens me to see my ‘fellow Christians’ practicing that same hate against others.

I love you. Regardless of age, sexual orientation, weight, height, physical beauty, attitude, social status, race. I love you for you. Because He loves me for me.

This is what I like to see.

(via quinngrey)