This next blog post was supposed to be about my trip to South Africa with my class, but the words just weren't coming and I realized today that, that's because I didn't want to write about it just yet. I started this blog to talk about my adventures in Norway, but my life here has settled down and has reached "normal" status. I was thinking about it and I realized that maybe I should talk more about the lessons I have learned than the adventures I have had. I was watching this movie called "Pass the Light" because I was bored. Pass the Light is a pretty cheesy movie about a boy who gets fed up with the noise of politicians who say they are Christians and talk about exiling people who are sinners, so he decides to run for congress and do things FOR people instead of just talk about them.
While I was watching this movie I thought about the congressman in the movie and his similarities to Donald Trump. I don't consider myself to be a politically active person but I outright disagree with our President. I am a Christian and Romans 13:1 - 2A says Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted. So I have decided to respect President Trump as he is in a position of power because God put him there, but I think it's time to hear some good and do some good.
The thing I dislike most about President Trump is that he claims to be a Christian yet he clearly has no respect for the people of the world. I am not saying that he isn't one, I just believe that he is representing Christ in the wrong way. Galatians 3:28 says There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. Jesus teaches us a message of acceptance not exile. The people that Jesus reached out to the most in The Bible were the outcasts of society, for example, Zaccheus who was a tax collector who made it a regular habit to steal money from people, the samaritan women at the well who was an outcast because she was considered an adulteress, and the thief on the cross next to Jesus who wanted to be forgiven.
My point is that, just because someone wears a hijab, identifies as a homosexual, is a democrat, or a republican doesn't mean we should spew christian hate garbage at them, because no matter what The Bible says about right and wrong it also says in 1 Peter 4:8 Above all love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sin. In my life experience (which is not considerable, but considerable enough to know a few things) never has anyone responded positively to hate and negativity, but everyone responds positively to love and positivity. If you want to spread the word of God, love, accept and positively embrace the world around you despite the negativity and sin around you. I sincerely believe it is the best way to go. Do something for somebody, tell somebody you love them, write somebody an encouraging note, make people feel good and they can feel free to be whoever they want to be, instead of making people feel bad and left out. I sincerely believe that actions speak louder than words and I believe that it also includes spreading the word of God. I guarantee you that doing something can only make the world a better place. Even if you aren't a Christian I would like to encourage you to do this, like I said it can only make the world a better place.
This is Miriam who just has things to say, signing off
