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Sticks & Stones

I am someone you may never meet.  I’m not on your list of friends.  I don’t go to your church.  I have never sat next to you at a PTA meeting nor have I sung next to you in your choir.  I don’t identify politically as you do.  I don’t shop at the same grocery store.  I don’t see you at a ballgame or jog past you in a park.

Someone You May Never Meet

To you, I don’t count.  You turn your head when you see me.  You avert your eyes.  I avert mine too.  I don’t want to be hurt by you. 

To you, I am dangerous.  I hear your silence and your murmured words.  I do not bow to brow beating.  I listen because I want you to accept me.

To you, I am repulsive.  I represent the decay of society.  I remind you of what you do not understand.  I want to help you understand but I frighten you.

To you, I am lost.  I should turn away from sin.  I have no bitterness toward you. 

Cropped and Blurred to Protect the Innocent
Cropped and Blurred to Protect the Innocent

To you, I am a homosexual.  In one fell swoop I have been labeled and dismissed.  I too am a person beloved by God. 

To you, I have an agenda.  You judge me from the moment you learn a single illuminating fact about me. 

I have no agenda except to love and be loved.

Go ahead.  Cast the first stone. 

[Wikipedia:  Fred Phelps]

The Fight is Not Over!

Hey Everybody… 16 days and counting until the Minnesota Red Ribbon Ride.

I’ll be doing training rides this weekends–bicycling a total of 120 miles. I am working hard to get myself ready in time for the big event!

I’m still $400 shy of my goal of $2,000.

Please give as you are able.

 

John

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