It Is Not About Us
Does Jesus Love Strippers?
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Does Jesus love strippers? Seriously, I saw this “new story” on my Facebook feed today. Yes, Jesus does love strippers, he loves all of us, holy or sinful. The question that really needs to be asked is “Do Strippers love Jesus?” For that matter, do any of us, really love Jesus? Ultimately, the answer to that question is what will be the determining factor for each of us in that last hour of death, at that moment when judgement is executed and we are offered the mercy that God so generously gives those who love him, or we, instead, decide to do it our way. Our one way, irregardless of God's way for us, leads us to a place eternally in the absence of God, and his love for us, which really wasn’t as important as our own love for self anyway.
I am tired of so many of us using God’s great gift of love for us as justification to live lives of sin. If we truly love God, which is what he earnestly and hopefully desires from us, then this question need never be asked. If we truly love God then we would live the way that he demands us to, for our own good, happiness, and eternal joy. Not a joy offered by this world, not a false happiness that the works of a stripper will reap. Sinful acts certainly are not justified by God’s love for us. They actually mock God’s love for us and reek of pride and arrogance. They are truly the devil’s delight, and will be our downfall. We all have free will. If that free will is offered in obedience and submission to God because we truly love him, it will lead us to an existence where the total absurdity of such a question is obvious and recognized as apostasy and heresy.
Let’s focus not on whether Jesus loves strippers, but what the lifestyle and actions of such a person might reveal about their genuine love for Jesus. The answer to that question is what truly matters. Yes, Jesus loves us all, it’s too bad that many of us don’t truly love Jesus. Our love for Jesus matters much more to our eternal salvation than his love for us does.
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I am a wife and mother of two grown sons. Although I am Cradle Catholic, I experienced a profound reversion to the True faith several years ago that motivated and inspired me to dive more deeply into an understanding of the Church and Her teachings, and why She has these teachings and where they come from. Surprisingly, for me, the more I read and discovered, the deeper my love of the Catholic Church and her teachings became. This certainly is a journey that doesn't end, and so as I uncover more amazing facts about our Faith and Church, I just can't help but want to share what I'm learning. So, I began writing for Catholic 365.
I have recently served for a year and a half as the Executive Director of a very active and busy Crisis Pregnancy Center on the West side of Cincinnati. God is so good and does answers prayers, even though He knows at times, we have no idea what we are asking for. The pro life cause is paramount to our times, I am so honored and humbled to have had the experience and opportunity to serve women and the unborn in this capacity! I am also very grateful to God, for allowing me to see for myself, that perhaps such a calling was not His long term plan for me. We go where God seeminly calls us, and for me, that was a return to corporate America. I currently work as a recruiter and sales onboarding specialist where I am helping a Franchising company open and support small businesses that serve seniors and the elderly, giving them opportunities to age in place and live thier final chapters with dignity. It is the other end of the pro life spectrum and such an amazing endeavor!
I love being able to share this great faith of ours and use this platform as a way to express my deep love and devotion to our Lord. We need each other, and this effort has truly become a wonderful way to connect with all of you- my brothers and sisters in Christ!
