As a Liberal, politically speaking, I am in LOVE with Caitlyn Jenner. And Lovern Cox (obviously), and anyone who has discovered something totally new about themselves and take the initiative to really be who they are. Totally.
Others don't see it like that.
"God made you one way, and that's how He wants you to live!"
And, I hate hate hate to admit it. But, my religious side couldn't argue with that. So, what? I'm just supposed to be living this double life where I totally agree with it, but when religion comes into the picture I go "well, I guess you're right. Let me hate with you and stuff with you."
I was conflicted. For, social-politically speaking, once in my life. Gay rights and equality: I had the perfect religious answer. Women's rights: got my Jesus on my side! Racial Tensions: I'm all over it. But Transgender. How do I say "no, God totally wanted to change them. He made the mistake in making them that way, so He says 'oops, sorry. You change it. I'm busy." What kind of God is that?
There are a lot of pessimists out there. You know who I'm talking about. The type of people in which everything is falling apart all the time. Like Sadness in Inside Out (if you're scratching your head wondering who I'm talking about, stop reading right now and go see that film!). You just want to take their shoulders and yell "GO FIND SOME HAPPINESS!!!!! Life is FREAKING AWESOME!" When lived fully and authentically, life is amazing. There are amazing mountains, and some treacherous, horrid valleys, but the journey is amazing. When you're wholly yourself.
I have little cousins. Freshman in high school and 8th grader. In other words: teenagers. Girl Teenagers. The kind that can change by a drop of a hat. The kind that can fluctuate just about as much as my diet. It all depends on who's around. I mean, yes we all act a little differently around different company. But I'm talking one day, they're all cardigans and flats, and the next it's all black, safety pins everywhere, hair color change, head-to-toe different. All depending on who it is that they hang out with. When one wants to dance and have fun, the others say "that's not cool," and stifles the ones who want to go out and have FUN. I see it all the time with the cousins. She feels stifled and pressured not to go out and have fun because it would be making a fool of herself and how can she possibly face Lance, the cute football player at school, if he found out she DANCED? At a dance! Oh, the horror of it all. It's simply too much.
But eventually you start to understand that you can be you and the people that don't embrace that will filter out and others who LOVE it will drop into your life. But it's about letting that happen. Or, in some cases, making that happen.
Filling your life with what brings you love and joy. But it is impossible to do that while you have to stifle who you are in order to stick to the status quo (insert the High School Musical rock ballad).
Then it hit me.
Does God really want us to suffer through stifling ourselves just to keep up appearances? Did God create Bruce and, once he started feeling weird like "I don't think this is right," God just went "it is right because I'm right and that is EXACTLY how I want you to stay forever!" I don't think so.
Does God look at me and say "oh, no, no need to expand your mind. You're right where you need to be for the rest of your life because I created you and I am right and that is EXACTLY how I want you to stay forever!"If He did, I never listened. I am still constantly learning and discovering. Discovering life and ways to live my full life and ways to do it with God. Finding my true me and living through it.
So, how is that different?
God is perfect and makes no mistakes. None. Like, at all. Ever.
We do. He doesn't.
So, picture this: God creating that chapter in Bruce's journey. God actually guiding Bruce through his 60-something years to that huge chapter in his life to create Caitlyn.
I have a feeling that those who have transitioned or are transitioning are right with God. Not only because God is all-loving and all-forgiving, but because they actually aren't doing anything wrong. They are simply taking the step in their lives that is necessary to live their full lives. Fully and freely living their lives. And in that, better understanding. Better loving. Better living.
Caitlyn Jenner might not fit into what everyone considers to be right. But your right and God's right are different. And seeing how positive this transition is, motivationally, I can't imagine this much greatness is without God and His Love. Which is the most powerful thing. Ever. Ever ever. Ever.
Love always,
Mary Taylor
Others don't see it like that.
"God made you one way, and that's how He wants you to live!"
And, I hate hate hate to admit it. But, my religious side couldn't argue with that. So, what? I'm just supposed to be living this double life where I totally agree with it, but when religion comes into the picture I go "well, I guess you're right. Let me hate with you and stuff with you."
I was conflicted. For, social-politically speaking, once in my life. Gay rights and equality: I had the perfect religious answer. Women's rights: got my Jesus on my side! Racial Tensions: I'm all over it. But Transgender. How do I say "no, God totally wanted to change them. He made the mistake in making them that way, so He says 'oops, sorry. You change it. I'm busy." What kind of God is that?
There are a lot of pessimists out there. You know who I'm talking about. The type of people in which everything is falling apart all the time. Like Sadness in Inside Out (if you're scratching your head wondering who I'm talking about, stop reading right now and go see that film!). You just want to take their shoulders and yell "GO FIND SOME HAPPINESS!!!!! Life is FREAKING AWESOME!" When lived fully and authentically, life is amazing. There are amazing mountains, and some treacherous, horrid valleys, but the journey is amazing. When you're wholly yourself.
I have little cousins. Freshman in high school and 8th grader. In other words: teenagers. Girl Teenagers. The kind that can change by a drop of a hat. The kind that can fluctuate just about as much as my diet. It all depends on who's around. I mean, yes we all act a little differently around different company. But I'm talking one day, they're all cardigans and flats, and the next it's all black, safety pins everywhere, hair color change, head-to-toe different. All depending on who it is that they hang out with. When one wants to dance and have fun, the others say "that's not cool," and stifles the ones who want to go out and have FUN. I see it all the time with the cousins. She feels stifled and pressured not to go out and have fun because it would be making a fool of herself and how can she possibly face Lance, the cute football player at school, if he found out she DANCED? At a dance! Oh, the horror of it all. It's simply too much.
But eventually you start to understand that you can be you and the people that don't embrace that will filter out and others who LOVE it will drop into your life. But it's about letting that happen. Or, in some cases, making that happen.
Filling your life with what brings you love and joy. But it is impossible to do that while you have to stifle who you are in order to stick to the status quo (insert the High School Musical rock ballad).
Then it hit me.
Does God really want us to suffer through stifling ourselves just to keep up appearances? Did God create Bruce and, once he started feeling weird like "I don't think this is right," God just went "it is right because I'm right and that is EXACTLY how I want you to stay forever!" I don't think so.
Does God look at me and say "oh, no, no need to expand your mind. You're right where you need to be for the rest of your life because I created you and I am right and that is EXACTLY how I want you to stay forever!"If He did, I never listened. I am still constantly learning and discovering. Discovering life and ways to live my full life and ways to do it with God. Finding my true me and living through it.
So, how is that different?
God is perfect and makes no mistakes. None. Like, at all. Ever.
We do. He doesn't.
So, picture this: God creating that chapter in Bruce's journey. God actually guiding Bruce through his 60-something years to that huge chapter in his life to create Caitlyn.
I have a feeling that those who have transitioned or are transitioning are right with God. Not only because God is all-loving and all-forgiving, but because they actually aren't doing anything wrong. They are simply taking the step in their lives that is necessary to live their full lives. Fully and freely living their lives. And in that, better understanding. Better loving. Better living.
Caitlyn Jenner might not fit into what everyone considers to be right. But your right and God's right are different. And seeing how positive this transition is, motivationally, I can't imagine this much greatness is without God and His Love. Which is the most powerful thing. Ever. Ever ever. Ever.
Love always,
Mary Taylor
