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I have about a dozen rough drafts of various subjects in my blog, but I never finish them. I either feel like I sound way to pompous or I just can't express in words what I want to say.

This post isn't meant to express any opinion on any political issue but to perhaps address how we treat each other.

Christ calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Are we doing that when we treat people with a different lifestyle as if they are a leper? This can go any direction that you can image. Towards someone with less expensive clothes, hair unkempt, maybe smells, has the fanciest accessories, wears a lot of makeup, men with long hair, and the list goes on.

It even means treating homosexuals with love and kindness. You don't have to agree with someone's lifestyle in order to be kind to them. In fact, I think that is just the point. Let me tell you a recent story to hopefully let you know what I mean.

My husband and I were on vacation to Jamaica. On the plane from Miami, I noticed to ladies sitting next to each other in the first class part of the plane. They were obviously more than just friends. I didn't think much of it as we shuffled pass to get to our seat in coach. I also remember an older gentleman with long grey hair, another man of Mexican descent desperately trying to get his extremely large carryon into the overhead bin, and more. The point is that I remember lots of people from the plane. But I really remember the ladies, because we ended up taking the shuttle to the resort with them and being in the same waiting room with them and three other couples as we waited for them to get our paperwork in order and everything signed. We also ended up visiting with them, a couple of different times during our 6 night stay. They have four children and were from the New York area. They had a heavy accent, which I loved. Being from the Midwest and never traveling much it is always a treasure to hear another regions accent. One of them was brave enough to jump off a cliff on an excursion, the other was not so brave, but I almost blame my husband and I for scaring her as we met a man who jumped and bruised his legs severely. Overall they were a very nice couple, just like the many other couples that we met on our trip.

We tell stories of the other couples that we met on the trip. The first was from Conneticut and had children, another was just the two of them and she was a prosecuting attorney. We even met another gal with the same name as mine who was a newlywed from Texas. But we don't tell stories about the ladies. The reason is other people's reaction. Some don't even like being in the same area as a homosexual let alone have a conversation and get to know them. I am a firm Christian and I will not be taking any political stance because that isn't what this is about. It is about shining the love of Jesus on everyone for the whole world to see and obeying his command to love each other as we love ourselves. We never were given the opportunity to share the gospel with them, but sometimes that isn't God's plan. Sometimes we are just a glimpse at what a Christian life is, Love. Not hate or bias. Christ died for all of us and I want to keep the doors wide open for Christ to use me to spread that message. They will know that we are Christians by our LOVE.