Well, for starters, it has been WAY too long since I blogged! I have even had some threatening phone calls about it! (Just kidding, my friend Jeff has been disappointed, ha ha ha) But anyways, I am sure you are intrigued by the title, so here it goes...
So, last night I came home from a LONG, CRAZY day at work, and stopped by to pick up my mail. A daily habit I have come to enjoy! Inside my mailbox is this beautiful, large envelope, addressed in calligraphy. Hmmm... I take a closer look... It is addressed to Lisa Hunter. Well, my name is Kristi and my last name used to be Hunter, and there is a big yellow sticker on the front of the envelope placed by the post office so that it would be forwarded to me from the address I lived at over 10 months ago. WEIRD! So, being the naive girl that I am, I go to open it thinking that it is probably a wedding invitation that has gotten lost in our fabulous mail system and that I could save the day and get it to the person it really belongs to. So, with great excitement, I tear through the white, linen envelope and found just what I thought... A beautiful wedding invitation. It has lovely, maroon flowers on it, and is very formal looking, so I keep reading... John and Michael (WOW, a girl named Michael? I thought in my head, that's odd) invite you to join them in celebrating their civil union!!! OH NO! I am now in quite the predicament! I wanted to be the hero and save the invitation from being lost, and now, I am holding in my hand an invitation to a GAY MARRIAGE! OH NO! My first response was shock. I am so ignorant that I have never seen something like this. My second thought was "What on earth do I do now?" I ran in to the bedroom, woke up my sleeping husband and showed it to him. With blood pressure rising, I knew what I had to do. WWJD? (ha ha ha) So, I grabbed my cell phone and called the long distance number to John and Michaels home. I ended up speaking with Michael and letting him know what had happened. He was very, very nice and very appreciative, and now, I am going to put it in a new envelope, pay 39 cents for a stamp and send it on its way, so as not to prevent this Lisa Hunter from attending.
It is amazing how you find your heart responding to situations such as these. My ignorance and prejudice came shining through when I opened that envelope. I had prepared myself to hear the voice of a flaming gay man on the other end of the phone line. WHO AM I TO JUDGE????? I sin, just like them. We are equal, we are no different! God loves them, God loves me. I don't deserve that, they don't deserve that. This is the beauty of the Lord! I thank God that I had an opportunity to grow today in my faith and my heart for God and ALL of his people!
It's Great to be back!
Kristi
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