But Lord

But Lord, they're black.
You don't mean to say
That I should care about
Such as they!

But Lord, they're gay.*
You couldn't have
Created these people
As they are!

But Lord, they're different.
You can't mean
That I should love them
Just as they are! 

*book by Rev Sylvia Pennington

added later:
But Lord, they're asexual.
You couldn't have
Made these people
As they say they are!

A Çĥild of God g

33A Child Of God 

By Jerry Browning 

:

I'm a child of God - You made me like You want me

And You want like You made me, 

Not for others to deceive,

I'm a child of God - and in my heart I hear You 

I'll never have to leave You, if I live what I believe. 

Someone will turn the Master's words to music 

Someone will paint a sudden burst of spring 

Each life is given a gift to share with others 

But some will turn away and never see a thing. 

Chorus :

So when the time has come to meet the Maker

And I'm taken from the pastures where I feed, 

Will I be true? Did I live the life You gave me 

Or a life some other mortal made me lead? 

Chorus :

A person sat in a darkened room, thinking.  Then began to speak aloud to no one, for no one else was there:  “I seem to be alone, too different from others to be accepted by anyone else.  It seems that no one cares enough about me to come around to see how I am.  There is no one to love me AS I AM!  Yet I will not go away, nor leave this life until it is time.  And I wonder where God is in all this.”

Came an answer immediately; a voice that seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere:  “I am your GOD, and I AM here, near you.  I will not leave you, for I love you.   You are one of my beloved children, and I love ALL my children, and I love them all AS THEY ARE right now.   I am the One who made you and all others AS THEY ARE right now, and I do not turn any away.  Come, walk with me, beloved.  Stay always near me and do not despair.  And by the way, there are many who care about you.”   

Dwelling closer to God, how does one do that?  How does a person get closer to the Divine, to pure love?   What path does one follow?  Follow the path given to you and learn to trust that God will always there nearby to lead you and to always love you.   However, unless you listen carefully for the voice of God, the path that is yours alone can be hard to find.   We have to learn to hear with the inner ears, the ears of the soul.  And then, day by day, we will be lead to dwell closer to God.  The possibility is there for all people.   

In reading over my writings, one theme is there over and over again, God’s love for all people no matter who they are.   But how do you get that across to those who have been told too many times that they are not loved?  How do we reach out to them and what words do we use?  How do we put together a sentence so that they will understand that God loves them, too?  One way is to listen for God’s voice and then we will know what to say and how to say it.   

God Loves Me

God loves me! 

Me! A Wanderer 

Who never quite 

Settles down. 

I do so many 

Ŵroñg things 

And turn away 

So many times 

And yet 

This glorious idea:

God loves me! 

The Pìnk Triangle

I wore a pink triangle 

Because I was too different

From the ŕest of the world. 

I wòrè à pìnk triangle 

Ìn a,concentration

Because of who i ŵas

I wòrè a pìñk triangle

And dieð vèŕy painfully

Because of hate and feaŕ.¡

I wòre q pink triangle

Ĵust sìmplÿ.because 

Ì was gay.

Flame

Flame

There’s a flame rising

Out of our souls,

Beware and watch,

See how it grows!

It is the flame of freedom,

No longer oppressed;

Watch out world,

We have been freed!