John 15:18, NKJV ” If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you”.
In a world where we have a lot of controversy. Different opinions and views. Feelings that stem from hurt and pain. Yet, if we look to the Word of God, the Bible, Scripture, the truth, the healing, the peace, the breakthroughs will come.
I gave my life to the Lord several years ago. Born again believer in Jesus Christ. There was a change, the Holy Spirit, He is working in me, guiding me and teaching me, drawing me closer to the Lord. They don’t like this. They are annoyed. They are frustrated. Maybe hurt? I do not know because I don’t do the same things I did when I was with them. When I was in that place, dark, empty place. You can locate my story here: https://bibleandcake.com/category/my-story/
To hear a curse word or someone swear now is quite disgusting to me. To hear a dirty joke or conversations that I know I once joined in and now it makes me uncomfortable, they don’t like it.
To chat about an inappropriate movie scene or the latest celebrity gossip because she had a provocative, sleazy, trashy outfit on that consistently causes men and women to fail. I did not participate in the discussion. I did not get the latest news on it. Because I have no more desire to even look at the latest sexual, inundated headline about him or her, they cannot stand it. Proverbs 6:25, NKJV, “Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids”. They do not like it.
To step away from the weekend wine gatherings or football at the sushi bar with drinks. They hate it. They do not like me for it even more. To hear, “You are not better than us,” or You can still have fun and go to church too ,Tore”. They cannot stand this new creation. They hate it. They express it in ways that show animosity and frustration.
When I was single, I made a decision that I wanted and needed to be equally yoked and married to godly man NO MATTER his skin color. I wanted a man who was going to live out his faith in Jesus Christ. Not a husband who was a bunch of talk and stumbling throughout. I was delivered from that lifestyle. I prayed that God would remove the desires from my heart that were not of Him. That was not of his will. As a Born Again believer, I am a NEW creation. I am not of my past mistakes and life. I repented of that and moved forward. I prayed for a husband who would be on the same page with me because he too would be a born-again believer in Jesus Christ….well many do not like this. Many cannot stand to see this. To not even care what skin color that man may be, or ethnicity or country of origin…..they do not like me for this. “Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14, NKJV
To fall in love with a man who is a different skin color than me. To get engaged and plan a future with a man walking and talking like me. Who has a heart after the Lord. A man who may have blue eyes and seen as a threat to the world these days because he is a white male. They don’t like it. They hate it. They don’t like me for it. The smiles and friendly gestures, yet the conversations they have with others about me, false assumptions, and hard hearts. Oh, they do not like it. They are angry and frustrated. Yet, they are hurting, miserable, and broken. They don’t like any of this. Yet, God does not like the hate that is stirred up in them and their hard hearts. “If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 1 John 4:20, NKJV.
To become so brainwashed by this world and social media influencers or Internet personalities and stray so far from what God’s will, is dangerous. They hate that I speak what the Bible says. They dislike that the facts are true and the truth hurts. I can continue on and on. Maybe I will. They surely do not like that.
They do not like that we, my husband and I agree. We are ONE in Christ. We look to the Bible for all things includes when we are clueless, hungry, and thirsty, need direction, assistance with problem-solving, intimacy, and because we want to know Jesus. They don’t like this. They don’t like that.
To be given three children, three wonderful children. Three children who were created by two parents of different DNA. Children from a father who is white and me, a black woman. Oh, they do not like that. Three babies who are desiring to know the Lord each day. Who has questions about Jesus and this dark world. Who wants to be in Church week after week. Three young children who know when they mess up or make mistakes there is a God in heaven who loves them and will forgive them when they ask for forgiveness and seek to turn away from the same mistakes(AKA REPENTANCE). To model this the best we can and diligently not in a sloppy, careless manner. They do not want to see this. They do not want to hear this. They do not like it. They hate it. They despise it. It sure is not the way they would do it. Let’s just say, they do not like me for it. They do not like us for us. You can read more about my heart regarding this world and raising our babies here: https://bibleandcake.com/race-our-children-and-the-heart/
To praise the Lord. To worship the Lord. To live in a home that invites the Lord and His presence every minute. To turn to prayer and to teach prayer and want these things in our home. To look to God’s word for ALL things and desire to live it out by the strength and power of the Holy Spirit. To have a husband who has a personal relationship with Jesus. To have a husband who provides and works hard for his family. To share, love, laugh, and raise our children in the admonition of our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, they hate this. The world hates it. Some so-called “churches” hate it. Maybe you hate it? They do not like it.
To not really desire to want to be around me. To not want to be around us. My husband or children. The home. The Holy Spirit convicts according to His ways and will. God knows all things. He knows all hearts. He knows how you feel. He knows how we feel. It is okay if the reflection in the mirror is hurting. If the lifestyle you partake in is not something I agree with- that is between you and God. You may not like me for many reasons listed above or some I did not get to. It is okay. Cause many do not like me.
The eyes rolls and huffing begins when we kindly decline to partake in rituals that we have been convicted of. Oh, they hate it. All of it. The fat man with the beard, AKA Santa isn’t celebrated in our home. The bunny does not come out during Easter. The ghosts, Halloween parties, and, decorations are not the center of our world in October. Oh, they hate that they cannot party and celebrate with us the way they want to. They hate that our feet go the opposite way of them, Oh how much they wish they could be the line leaders in our home, marriage, and for our children. They want to lead. They want to make all the decisions and be the TOP influencers. Oh, they hate me, the new me who does NOT allow it. They don’t like me because now I say NO.
I am not popular. I never wanted to be popular. I am introverted. I like to be home with my family( nuclear- husband and children). My husband and children are my priorities. God is the center of our home and all decisions we make. We do not make decisions based on family(any human being outside of our nuclear family) or friends. We do not raise our children or make decisions with the influence or opinions of others. No, thank you. And sorry if you do not like me for that. Join the club. I am content and so at PEACE. I strive to walk in the Lord’s will and am so thankful that He died for a screwed-up, broken woman like me. I can understand that you do not like me. It is clear by your actions and maybe some feedback.
They do not like that my feet stay at home and don’t seek to be out of the home away from my husband and children. Away from the main priorities. They do not like that my husband desires to be home with his wife and children. They do not like that we do not populate the bars anymore or that the glasses on our dinner table are kindly removed because we chose to not drink anymore. They get uncomfortable and annoyed because we have changed by the Holy Spirit.
The Bible says: “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God”. 1 Corinthians 6:9-12, NKJV.
To step down from Law Enforcement and be home FULL TIME because the Lord has called me to and I am to be obedient to Him and NOT man. “… that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed”. Titus 2:5, NKJV. To look at the scriptures on what it says to be a wife and mother, to be home and caring for the home. Oh, they hate it. They are mad. They do not like me even more. To think one has to be rich with hundreds, thousands, millions of dollars to be a stay-at-home mom comes from the dark, evil, confusing, feminist viewpoints of this demonic world. They hate that I am saying this right now. “The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands”. Proverbs 14:1, NKJV. They dislike that I stand strong on the priorities of the home and marriage. Raising our children here at home, caring for them even when they are in school. Children come home after school and need a functioning, thriving home. Order in the home consistently. Flexibility in the home consistently. Oh, they hate this. They despise that the dynamics of this home operate with order and most importantly filled with the Holy Spirit. “For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God”. Hebrews 3:4, NKJV.
My prayer is that at some point you will surrender and desire to know the Lord Jesus, the One who saved me and also died and saved you. It is a free gift. It is the Lord. Turn from this dark world and all the false ideologies of hate. Stop basing everything on race, and money and you fill in the blank. I will say this…Heaven will not be filled with only people who look like you. You are not a “Christian” because your parents claimed to be “Christian”. You are not saved because of this. You are not a Christian” because you were baptized. Just remember that and you can go to the Bible for all of this…. “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins”. Colossians 1:13-14, NKJV.
Although you may not like me and not like what you are reading. I encourage you that you ask yourself are you “they” in this entry. Have you been the individual who dislikes the work of the Lord in people’s lives and desires it for yourself? You can if you make a decision. Maybe you say you are saved and a follower of Jesus. Do you struggle with or partake with the above actions in your own life? Do you have preferences for certain things due to your prejudice and hardened heart of yours. Are you “they” in this entry? I pray that there is a breakthrough in your life and you give it ALL OVER TO THE LORD JESUS. Thank you for reading. Thank you to all those who support this ministry. All glory to the Lord!!!!!
