Brony Jesus

This post is primarily a response to a tweet someone sent my way today. I posted this picture with a prayer for healing and family support. The response was, "Is it appropriate to have MLP with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? No." 

I believe the person tweeted this without truly seeing the bigger picture. So I wanted to take the opportunity to explain.

The prayer that was connected with my tweet is for an 11-year-old boy who was bullied badly at school because he liked to watch My Little Pony. The bullies drove Michael to such a point of desperation that he attempted to take his own life.

For the past month, his parents have been desperately praying at his bedside in the hospital while Michael remains in a coma. In the last few days, a glimmer of a miracle unfolds as Michael started breathing on his own again.

Yeshua / Jesus the Christ is our Lord AND our Healer. To picture this child in the arms of our Beloved Savior and ask for his healing is the most respectful and loving thing my heart and soul pictures.

Anthropomorphics have been used throughout time to illustrate humanity beyond the color of our skin or our genetic background; whether it is a meek lamb in Christ's arms or a blue pony. By going beyond one physical human depiction, the image embraces ALL of humanity, including a small boy who struggles for life inside a North Carolina hospital.

I had offered the image to that child's family, so it may uplift them and give them hope when this is what they had to see day after day as they desperately prayed at their son's bedside...

It was bullies that refused to accept the fact that a small boy likes to watch a TV show "targeted to girls." Even though the parents have done as Christ teaches and forgave the bullies from the start, they themselves continue to see abuse and bullying. 

It may be a bully that insists that the above image of Christ is sacrilegious and disrespectful. I trust, however, that the person did not see the larger picture.

I believe that Yeshua / Jesus the Christ loves EVERYONE - no matter where we are, no matter who we are, no matter what we look like.

I pray others come to see that as well.

~ ESA

Reflections on Taft Union

While my prayers join with others for the students and community of Taft Union following the shooting, I do want to share an observation with my readers.

The shooter was bullied.

The shooter mentioned he would like to take steps to end his torment, but no one listened.

No one stopped the bullies.

The news media covered, covers, and will continue to cover violence done by people, which can seem to a desperate mind the one resort left to stop the torment of their lives.

While I certainly do not condone what transpired today, as no one should be on either end of that scenario, I would like to share my thoughts.

The focus of many, including the US President, will be on gun control... not bully control.

I was an outcast in school, and still have the scars today to prove it, inside and out.

While steps should be taken to ensure the safety of our citizens, especially our children, perhaps we should view a root cause, which is how we as a society respond to bullies.

May we see a time where no one needs to fear.

...or take such sad desperate measures. :*(

~ESA

News link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/taft-union-high-school-shooting-teacher_n_2450578.html