My reason, my brother...

I love my brother.

We have been blessed with a great adult friendship, and a relationship that I deeply cherish. He has a great heart, he is very generous, extremely diplomatic, charming beyond belief, and hilarious (just to mention a few...)!

God has been working on my heart, and it is quite uncomfortable. What do I stand for? What does the world see my life standing for? What does the Jesus I serve look like to them? What does my brother see?

If I support the war, what does that say about my beliefs on the sanctity of life? What does that say about my intimate knowledge of the Prince of Peace?

If I am against same sex marriage, it looks an awful lot like condemnation to the world around me.

Don't feed me the be in the world but not of the world crap we use to justify our condemnation of others lifestyles...that makes me sick...and it further proves their point. All we care about it is ourselves, our agenda, and being right.

What is to be done? Maybe it is just me, maybe this is just what God is challenging me with....But I want more for my students. I want their lives to reflect His love and peace so powerfully others are drawn TO them. I want them to be known for the compassion they shower on those who are not like them. I want His hope to radiate from them....

My brother is my reason to keep trying to figure out this journey we call life...