Thursday, September 12, 2013

Anita Jane Bryant


This lady was before my time.  Anita Jane Bryant was a singer, Miss Oklahoma, and a notorious anti-homosexual activist.  Now, I won't make this a long post, but to sum up, she had a fairly successful career, became a controversial figure because of her views, and lost her popularity.  Eventually, she and her husband divorced.  Now for what I find the most interesting part of the story:  After her divorce, many of the churches she would go and speak at would no longer allow her to do so.  Why?  Because she was a divorced woman, a sinner.  That kind of irony speaks to the problem facing humanity better than I could ever say it.  

“Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.”― Walter Kirn

We're great at standing against the sin of others.  But when it is my sin, and I can't clean it up, what do I do?

Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Savior, or I die.

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  1. nNuts livingSeptember 16, 2013 at 5:04 AM

    perhaps the sheer volume of divorced people in the churches anymore may cause this to become less of a problem. Marriage is challenging. I think the Rabid Frog is spot on. Many married people have thought of divorce. It just hits too close to home, I guess. or maybe its that it is such a visible dividing line. We usually don't really know if someone else is: a tyrant in their own home, a liar, a porn addict, or even a drug abuser.

    Of course, a reformed alcoholic or drug addict is usually a church-speaking Superstar; so there goes that argument.

    I want to believe that the Holy Spirit can defeat this desire to tear others down. Actually, I do believe that He can. Like every other aspect of our humanity & weakness, we have to step aside, submit our will, & let the work be done in us.

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