On The Road to Damascus

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 i don't need to impress upon anybody that i'm not shallow.  Contempt for others is produced by spiritual pride trying to prove to others that i'm not shallow.   A disciple is not above his teacher.  i must never show the depth of my life to anyone other than God.  To take no one seriously other than God.  i am learning to have a total reliance on God.  My partner went to the March on Washington in 1993 so i'd better go.  i don't know exactly what i was doing there; besides, i was stoned most of the time anyway.  There was no dignity on my part; i was focused on guys, was never going into the military anyway.  The only sign of any dignity was the two gay WWII veterans on a bench, holding up a sign that read something about serving in the Second World War and being queer.  i forgot exactly what the sign said, but i remember we had taken a picture of them.  Anyway, i've given the rainbow back.


Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You, who dwells in the heavens.  Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the Lord our God, Until He has mercy on us. - [Psalm 123: 1-2] Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.  

What's it going to take to get the godless and unrighteous who sin for the pure enjoyment of it--to receive the love of the truth and the truth about His love.  Is it that fashionable to be so anti-Christian?

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