While we were there we got had our kids very irish name written in korean just for the fun of it. We want him to be well rounded. = ) He also has a Laos name that my "Asian parents," gave him as well that means little golden turtle. As my other closest friends are Bosnian and Mexican my kid is going to grow up with a very diverse group of people lovin' up on him in four different languages. =)
The calligrapher stated that korea doesn't have an "f" sound, so he had to use a different character. So I am not sure how close it is to his actual name, but still cool.
Sunday's sacrament meeting was a little less of a good time. As a Christian who believes that Jesus did really mean all that stuff about the greatest commandment being to love God, and the second greatest commandment to love everyone else, I tend to get a little restless in church when I realize that there are people that attend church every sunday and call themselves followers of Christ and think that gives them the right to condemn the sins of others. I will not even condemn the condemner, for I am called even to love him. However, I will also NOT participate in bigotry, hypocrisy, or injustice. And I do feel that to remain quiet when faced with injustice or hatred, is tantamount to participating in it myself.
This sunday my husband I sat by a gentleman that prayed in front of the congregation and in that prayer spoke AGAINST homosexuals and against the right for them to marry. He continued with a lot of political jabs at our president and snide remarks that were all just very negative and detracted from the spirit. I felt uncomfortable. I felt saddened. I did not bow my head or close my eyes or participate in that prayer, and could not meet that gentleman's eyes, who was frustratingly enough for my husband sitting right next to us in church. While I understand that many Christians believe that the homosexual lifestyle is a sin, I do not understand what gives them the idea that they have the right to condemn people for it. We have been told over and over again NOT to Judge but to LOVE, and yet most members of the church don't seem to understand the very basic concept that Jesus came to earth, and suffered on the cross to teach. We ALL sin, and His grace is our only hope of being forgiven. And until we live a sinless life and SUFFER, and BLEED and DIE to become the grace required that sin may be forgiven, then we do not have the right to judge other people! In fact, the greatest turn off to Jesus in this world is that the rest of the world views us as 1) antigay, 2) judgmental and 3) hypocritical. If we wish for others to come to Christ we need to work to be the opposite of those three things.
I am not confrontational at all. And I don't believe I could change that guys mind or heart if I tried. But I can and do pray that the hearts of Christians will be softened, including the gentleman that used such passive aggressive language during a conversation with God that is supposed to be intended to bring the spirit into our sabbath day, and we will only behave in ways that uplift others, not bring them down.
After church on Sunday I took my mom to the mall and we both had lunch (lettuce wraps at The Cheesecake Factory, SO good!) and got our hair cut, which was a lot of fun.
Hope all the mommies out there had a good one. I enjoyed snuggling with my baby on my first mother's day. Colin and I sponsored a child from Compassion International for a year, which is what I really wanted to do for mother's day. We are so blessed to have a healthy, happy baby and have the opportunity to raise him in this country with all the opportunities that will afford him, so I felt we owed it to help another mommy have the resources to raise and keep her little one healthy and happy as well. Maybe next mother's day a home study? =)
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