Yes I am a Freak

Something has been brought to my attention and I think I need to say something about it. I have been asked by more than one person how I can dress the way I do and still represent Christ. ( I have reworded what was said to encompass all the ideas expressed). I dress in jeans most days with a t-shirt. I have 5 facial piercings not including my ears. I am 6’9” tall and weigh about 360lbs. Why is this all important? In itself it isn’t but my love of skulls and skeletons added to my natural and added bits do not in many people’s eyes portray the ideas of Christ. As I was asked the first few times I shrugged it off. Then as I heard it over and over I began to wonder am I in error? Is this God telling me that the way I look is drawing me away from him? After much thought and talking to someone much smarter than I. I listened to what I think God is telling me. My looks cannot harm the work of God. Jesus’ life was marked with many run ins with the leadership of the day over the change he was bringing but the leadership of the day not want that change that. He looked like them, he talk like them. (From a young age he could talk with the best of them) So what was their problem? They did not like the change. The change from what they saw as right. People find what they feel is comfortable and it is there that they want to stay. Be it through style or music or how they talk. We are all quick to defend the place that we have found that makes us comfortable. So what does this all have to do with what I feel that I am to say? Just this, people like me the “freaks” of the world have found a place that we feel safe. When someone in a suit comes to us we are put on edge. We have had bad experiences with the suits of the world. Should I as one of these Freaks then wonder about anyone who is dressed in a suit belief in Christ? No, it is not the suit that makes a man/woman sinful, it is the actions of a person that defines them. Look at all the people that wear Abercrombie and Fitch. This is a company that openly sells sex through their ads. You can’t walk in to one their store without being accosted by this advertising style. Buy this product it makes you sexy. Many Christian have quit buying A&F clothing for this very reason. Now it is popular to wear Hollister California clothing. This might surprise some, but Hollister is the same company just a different name. This is a trick cigarette companies have been using for years. What am I leading up to? Why is one person wearing a skull misleading non believers and someone who wears clothing that is supports a clothing chain (that at times is almost soft core porn) who’s idea of morality are questionable at times ok? Is it because it is popular? People feel safe around the norm? Jesus said that anyone who looks a women in lust is guilty of adultery, look at the popular styles of clothing today. Short shorts that show more than they hide and low cut t-shirt with the same problem, but it is in style so many look the other way. I would personally be less likely to buy from store like Hollister Ca. I would like to say that it is due to their advertising stance of the parent company but I can’t. I just don’t like that type of clothing. Should I judge those who do wear that style based on the clothing? No. I am not the one who is to judge he is on a higher plain then I am and knows all. I know that it is not my choice of clothing that will get me in or keep me out of heaven. As a side note many of the freaks in this world have retreated to the realms at the edge of normality because what they have live through. Miss guided churches that think that if you have a tattoo you are going to hell. If you have a rings in unusual places makes you no good. I am not making this up I have had this happen to me. You try to make an “I don’t care what they think face” when they say it but it still hurts. Freaks need love too. Think of it this way, If you went somewhere that the people made you feel worthless or lonely because of who you are would you keep going? More than likely not. Before any throws the no one made you pierce your face card. No they didn’t. But no one holds a gun to your head and said do those drugs have that abortion wear that brand of clothing have sex with all those woman. These are choice that we make and then live with. But Jesus loves people for who they are. He never asked them “what the hell is wrong with you don’t you know what your doing?” Anyone alive today he died for you before you committed any sin that you have or ever will commit. This all boils down to people in glass houses shouldn’t through stones. Don’t judge , Love . The greatest of these is LOVE. Not style, not freakdome ( Is that a thing ? Is now) , not how much you know about sports , how much you can prophesize or how many mountains you can move it is LOVE. The strongest word in the world. It can save you and me and anyone else. We need to focus on love that pulls us together not thing to drive us apart. As for those who asked me why I dress this way I am not mad at them I am grateful to them they are open to try and understand someone different from them. That in itself shows love for another. Ok I did my part now the soap box is open for someone else to use so step up.