Dear Readers,
This is a direct response to Pastor Coleman Glenn's blog entry. The Most Beautiful Music I Know. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/goodandtruth/2012/05/the-most-beautiful-music-i-know/ Let me put this out here. I have studied classical music and I know alot about it. I took music theory in college and have even attended many orchestral events. Even if I got a college degree in or even a Doctorate in Music it still doesnt make me an expert on the subject. The same goes for Religion. Pastor Glenn has a degree in Swedenborgian studies. He is an expert on that so who is he to use that to put down or even judge my love of God. I cannot say that I am an expert in The New Church but instead of just blindly put down anothers love of God I study it in preparing my blog and any retort. The main point here being: Who am I to judge whose religion is right or wrong? Who is Rachel Myatt or Pastor Glenn to do such either? Do I believe there are certain things in the Bible that all should follow sure I do but do I go around putting down others religions and love of God as Pastor Coleman Glenn has or Rachel Myatt and her family have? I did so in offense of the judgment that was put upon me but what I also did was incorporate where we could find common ground as Christians and as fellow human beings and also reasons why we should love one another and use differences in each others to divide and conquer the love w should have as people. It is common knowledge that fights used to break out in the classical music community over whose music was better. Music is a gift from God and who is to say whose listening taste is better or what is pleasing to the ear. Where Pastor Glenn may enjoy Beethoven I enjoy Vivaldi because in the Four Season I see the beauty of what God created. Should I write how Pastor Glenn is wrong and make reasons why his choice of music is invalid. No because it is pleasing to his ears and I could still love and respect him as a person and his personal choices without judgment or resorting to insults and finding fault with him.
Ok why did I just write this blog? I could sit here and put down The Church of the New Jerusalem all day. I can print up brochures. I can start a ministry against them. I can call them a cult and say they are not real Christians and that they are fringe and borderline crazy all day. Did I ever do that with Rachel Myatt? No I told her I loved her and I respected and held dear that which she thought to be true. I was willing to study and learn for myself but I was turned away not only by her and her family without them fully understanding me but by Pastor Glenn and others who only wanted to see the New Church side of things and not see the big picture. We all have a choice in this life. We can choose to accept things or we can choose not to. We can choose to love people or not. We can do that which is good or we can do that which is evil. My reason for this blog is to show that opinion and personal believe should not get to the point where it clouds our interactions and our chances to love and learn about other people and Rachel let all those things get in the way of our friendship, our relationship, and most of all a relationship with God. I have much work to do this summer in regards to Rachel and The Church of the New Jerusalem and I have God on my side but I am also going to actually take the time to learn about that which I say before I blindly say things that I truly know nothing about. I always want to convey to people that education is key and wisdom and knowledge are the river that flows through Christ. I just want people to think about what I have said especially Rachel Myatt, Pastor Glenn, The Myatt Family, and The Church of the New Jerusalem. Nothing ever stood in my way of loving Rachel because I put God first I didnt let her unkindness and putting down my faith stop me from loving her during the relationship, I never let any outside voices tell me that I should hate her after she hurt me, I never had it in my heart to seek revenge even though people told me she deserved it. I listened to God and the Word in the Bible and that is why I still love Rachel Myatt and that my dear Readers is fact and not an opinion or worldview it is God's love. Ending on the points I made about accepting others opinions and their likes I wanted to return to this quote I used the other day to conclude this blog because it stands alone.
Then I will add a little about Swedenborg's thought processes to question the mind of all who read but especially those of the Swedenborgian faith.
"Love thy neighbor, and if it requires that you bend your understanding of the truth, the Truth will understand." ~Robert Brault
The reason why Pastor Coleman Glenn and others in the New Church cannot seem to grasp my love for Rachel and the true reasons for my love of God is that they themselves are being blind to the fact of their own teachings. I like Swedenborg don't base my love on blind faith or religious methodologies as the premise for the love in my heart. They are based on my relationship with a God that I believe in love and who loves me. My love for Rachel is based on knowing God and studying His Word and living by that which I hold true through Him. You say to yourself that you think I may not have a grasp or understanding of what you percieve as love for God but I know as you do that Swedenborg basically felt that "A God that isnt Understood is basically a God that isnt there" I get it more than you can ever know. I believe in charity and loving my neighbor and accepting people for who they are even if they blaspheme and treat me evil. Rachel was my best friend and she said and did things that almost destroyed me and the only way I knew that I could reach her is through this blog. Even if she doesnt read this blog anymore others read it and it is a direct reflection on her and her faith because most people can see that I want peace, I love her, and that I am following in Christ footsteps by loving her and trying to make things right. I even discuss my personal demons and wanting to do evil to her or get revenge but deep in my heart I know that is wrong. I also want to point out a greater way that I am loving Rachel. I could post this up on facebook and go places to give this blog a bigger audience but I let people come here by their own accord. I never try to advertise it. If someone wants to read it, I am here. None of the pictures I put up have ever been to hurt Rachel or her family but to let her know I love her. I have sacrificed and put a lot into loving someone and dealing with a family and church that want to let things fall on deaf ears. I do know this, I believe in God's love and it doesn't matter if someone is Church of the New Jerusalem, Protestant, Muslim, Mormon, Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah's Witness, Seven Day Adventist, Quaker, Hindu, Buddist or what have you. God taught us to love. Not to be angry or dispute each others love for Him or others lack thereof but to just love one another. That is "The Most Beautiful Music I Know"
God Bless ALL
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