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ages war against lgbtqa god can t bless america with this filth and on and on it goes rid the world of sinners so god can bless us again and they will erect the nativity scenes and miss the point entirely it isn t the firstborn seed of the virile man that will change the world it is the seed of the woman in ways you won t ever expect a glass of water a bit of food a place to sleep a kind word and a willingness to endure reproach for being a friend of sinners just as jesus was this is christmas and you can celebrate it aright by ridding yourselves of the remnants of the old magic and embrace the new humanity where all are firstborn sons in jesus christ one time monthly yearly make a one time donation make a monthly donation make a yearly donation choose an amount 5 00 15 00 100 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 or enter a custom amount your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated donate donate monthly donate yearly leave a comment filed under uncategorized tagged as bible christianity christmas faith god jesus december 1 2025 6 09 pm does god like me you re fat you re stupid no one even likes you you are worthless if it wasn t for me no one would even tolerate you there are millions who were raised by cruel and harsh men and women who have never known a kind word who have never known what it is to be accepted or loved we learn our place in the world from those around us when we are little every child is born looking for someone looking for them does anyone delight in me do i have a place in this world children can t talk all the way through this or make sense of this but they pick up the clues am i safe am i loved am i acceptable in my family i was the weird one i thought that if i could be more like the acceptable people perhaps my mother would love me so i put on so many different types and personalities i learned that i was on my own i didn t have a support group but i also learned that god was like this as well if i could find the formula if i could do everything just right if i could say my prayers right and find out whatever it was i was missing perhaps god would accept me as well and yes i know that jesus paid it all and that god loves me because well he has too doesn t he but does god actually like me have you heard parents that say i love you but i sure don t like you right now i think sometimes that god thinks like this as well maybe he is on his throne saying sam is sure a weirdo no wonder he has problems it s hard to get that voice out of your head especially when it has been engrained in you from infancy and unfortunately we grow and often surround ourselves with the voices we are familiar with you are fat you are lazy you are weird nobody likes you everything you think about yourself is true you are a loser you are weak you are dumb these words surround us continually they eat at the soul these are not the words that we have learned from christ jesus he taught us to use words of truth and grace seasoned with salt edifying to the hearer let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth but what is good for necessary edification that it may impart grace to the hearers eph 4 29 there are so many ways to tear people down with words one of the most insidious is to never revile out loud but just simply let your victim know that they really aren t very likeable perhaps they are weird perhaps they do things differently perhaps they think a little not like you this is the classic passive aggressive bully god hates it this one is close to my heart because i am let s face it weird i cannot small talk for anything i have no idea what is going on in any sporting event i say weird things at weird times i don t have a clue what guys do at my bachelor party two of my friends picked me up from work and said this is your night you can do whatever you want i sat on their couch and stared at them for two hours until they let me go home i m weird there is no situation where i am not awkward no conversation that i can t stop by saying something very weird and most of my life i was absolutely convinced that most people would be far happier if i just went home so i usually did it occurred to me the other day that i have a hard time believing that anyone likes me and then it occurred to me that i carry this belief to god himself does god actually like me it is an interesting question i think that question is particularly difficult for those who have been attacked with the tongue how can anyone like me does god like me does it matter it isn t the same as does god love me we know that god does love us he loves us with perfect infinite unchanging love in jesus christ his beloved son we also know that nothing separates us from his love but does he like me our greatest fear is that god just barely tolerates us he loves us in christ but really just wishes we would go away can you think of anything more shameful than hearing god say i love you but i sure don t like you much do you see what i am getting at i m trying to make the doctrine of god s love practical and looking at what it actually means what does it mean to love someone that you don t really like i guess i just don t get that does god think i m weird does he think that church would be better if i didn t show up does he roll his eyes and sigh when i cry out to him yet again yes i know that god hates sin and calls me to repent i also know that he has cleansed me from sin i know that he does not tolerate sin i m not talking about sin i m talking about the fact that i really like colored socks and don t know what to say to strangers i ve just met i m talking about the kind of clothes that i wear and the kind of music i like i wear waistcoats and hats and say weird things does god like me i am not speaking about the independence of god i know that god does not need his creatures including me for anything i do not add to his blessedness for in him are all the perfections of holiness i add nothing to god i get that but does god like me here s why i believe this question is important we were created to be social in fellowship we were created to be loved and have friends to walk with god to speak with him in the cool of the day we were created to live in harmony with one another we were created to be accepted and to love and be loved and to belong to know and to be known and we still have that memory of eden we still have the need to belong my heart still cries out to belong to fit in to be acceptable the human heart cannot abide being outcast no one can live thinking that everyone wishes they would go away that everyone just thinks they are stupid fat smelly ugly and weird we cannot live thinking that we are totally unacceptable this is the insidious nature of abuse it tears down and destroys what the heart longs for the most the words of a spouse can hurt and destroy and kill far more than any weapon imaginable to be unacceptable banished from love and undesirable is intolerable to an image bearer of god so the question is very important does god like me if god does not like me then i must seek acceptance elsewhere the stupidest most shameful things i have ever done i did to try to be accepted i sought the approval of men and failed all the way around i still blush when i think of it but if i do not seek the approval of men whose approval do i seek if god does not like me do you see what i am getting at what do i do to be accepted i am loved because of jesus christ but does god accept me does god like me do i need to wear more acceptable god like clothing use more christian like phrases do i need to change my personality to something more acceptable to god once again i am not talking about sin i know i need to confess and flee from sin i am asking what i need to do for god to like me does god like me am i likeable and when i asked that question scripture after scripture after scripture came to my mind and i felt free at last ephesians 1 5 6 nrsv 5 he destined us for adoption as his children through jesus christ according to the good pleasure of his will 6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the beloved god chose me because he wanted to and he made me accepted in the beloved god does like me and i am accepted by him he made me the way that i am because it delighted him to do so psalm 139 13 14 nrsv 13 for it was you who formed my inward parts you knit me together in my mother s womb 14 i praise you for i am fearfully and wonderfully made wonderful are your works that i know very well he put together my frame my form my face he gave me my hair and my eyes he gave me this belly and these feet he doesn t think of me as defiled ugly unclean untouchable for he made me he gave me these parts and behold they are very good get thee behind me satan god gave me this face and said it was very good how dare you insult the frame that god gave to me i m not dirty and untouchable and unlovable as for my gifts and personalities 18 but as it is god arranged the members in the body each one of them as he chose 19 if all were a single member where would the body be 20 as it is there are many members yet one body 1 cor 12 18 20 read the whole chapter see how god has chosen me and has given me the gifts that he gave me he gave me those gifts on purpose he knew what he was doing he gave me my weird personality he gave me my strange quirks in fact it is because i am different that i am valuable to the body of christ according to this text if we were all an eye who would do the hearing look around your church look at your fellow believers god gave each of them their gifts their looks their abilities their perspectives their cultural and social background and he did it on purpose it is his good pleasure to give you all the kingdom does god like us zephaniah 3 17 18 nrsv 17 the lord your god is in your midst a warrior who gives victory he will rejoice over you with gladness he will renew you in his love he will exult over you with loud singing 18 as on a day of festival i will remove disaster from you so that you will not bear reproach for it and here know ye that the lord he is god it is he that hath made us and not we ourselves we are his people and the sheep of his pasture psa 100 3 our god thrice holy infinite and almighty the creator and sustainer of the earth made me and made me on purpose he gave me my personality my background my gifts he gave me the body that i have and even the flaws are counted like how many hairs fall and he said it was very good he redeemed me in christ and calls me to put off the old man with the fears and the doubts he told me not to be a man pleaser but to seek to please him because of the work of the lord jesus and because i belong to him by faith i am accepted by god and because i am loved god has given me his spirit and given me gifts because he delights in me i am free to rest in his love because he sings over me i can be at peace with everyone around me for who can take me from his love i can walk in kindness i can use my gifts for his glory i don t need to hide them under a bushel i don t need to be ashamed of who i am because god delights in me me i am not just barely tolerated by god but accepted in the beloved he loves me and yes if i may say so he likes me and so let s all put aside our doubts and our fears and run this race together shall we let s quit trying to lift ourselves up by tearing one another down let s quit trying to one up each other bragging and boasting about our accomplishments let s quit worrying about whether anyone else likes us or not if god is for us who can possibly be against us be kind courageous and faithful for your god is with you i am my beloved s and he is mine in fact he says this of us song of solomon 1 15 17 nrsv 15 ah you are beautiful my love ah you are beautiful your eyes are doves 16 ah you are beautiful my beloved truly lovely our couch is green 17 the beams of our house are 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