Dear Milo

Dear Milo February 21, 2017

The_Bible_panorama,_or_The_Holy_Scriptures_in_picture_and_story_(1891)_(14598366689) (1)_optDear Milo,

I am not a fan. I could be a friend.

You can check and see that I have opposed what you have said and done to date. Still, you are smart and have been hurt. You are a sinner, but then I am a sinner. You were hurt horribly, but yet you persist in speaking some truths.  I hear a love for Jesus and His people in all the bluster, the hate, and the pain.

Many of us have had to oppose you, but you know the flirting with fascism, the empowering of racists, the sex outside of Christian marriage is wrong. In that sense, you may have more clarity than I do. I suspect you hate evil more than I do.

Things seem to be spiraling downward for you. I am against the “character” MILO. I am for the human.

The Orthodox Church has a place for you. There is healing, hope, and reconciliation.

Freedom of speech is good. There is a global elite that hates you for your virtues, not your vices. Many of my most spiritually discerning friends see good in you without condoning any of the obvious evils.

None of us, certainly not me, is righteous before God. The prodigal can get up and go home. I did. You can mock anything better than I can defend anything, but God loves you. Father is waiting and loves you.

Why not call and we can talk? Your career is over, but isn’t that a cause for gratitude? Your life can begin. You can be born again.

Nobody is good. Everybody can start again. We can all pray: Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

The Church will not be soft on our sin . . . she should not be. She will be merciful to us.

Jesus loves you.

Like you, I find myself. . .

Under the Mercy,

John Mark

 


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