God is my light. His teachings have taught me much more than morals and guidelines on the life I should lead in His name. I pray to Him. I pray when I need His guidance, His love, or His grace. But I also pray to Him when I have received His love and when I am grateful to live another day and face each battle He has faith I will win. I am a child of God and He loves me.

But I am not perfect.

Just because I go to church and get on my knees and pray, doesn't under any circumstances make me a better than anyone else. I do not believe that you have to love my God or go to church to be a good person. Believing in God and his word just makes me better than I use to be.

But I am still a sinner.

I will not pretend that I am perfect and do not sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8-10). Each and every person on this earth has sinned and in my eyes, it is up to God himself to pass judgement on sins and not his children to pass onto each other. We were put onto this earth with free will to choose our life paths, with God or without God. To not show love and compassion for all people on earth no matter their sin, is far from following the footsteps of Jesus. So I will not pass judgment, for I am a sinner just like the rest of us.

But I don't think everyone has to be a Christian.

As much as I want to share the love and relationship I have with my God, I don't feel it necessary to push my beliefs onto others. We were given a choice to believe or to not believe in whatever we desire, which is beautiful. My relationship with God is for my benefit. I will embrace with open arms anyone who would like to follow my steps into Christianity; however, it is completely okay if you don't.

But I support the LBGT community.

With a warm heart, I welcome and fully back the LBGT community. Love is love in my eyes. I wasn't sent to this earth to hate and pass judgement. I believe that God's will for me is to love and show compassion to each of his followers as well as nonbelievers, no matter their sexual orientation. And while marriage to me is a sacred institution of declaring your love for each other with God as the witness. It is not my right nor in my heart to say who can and cannot express their love through marriage. If I know what it means to me, it causes me nor my religion any harm to let others do as they please.

I am a Christian. I love God and try my best to follow his teachings. But I am not on a pedestal. I am not judgmental nor am I closed minded and pushy. I am caring and compassionate. I am understanding and educated. I am a child of God, a friend to all, and advocate for those who need it. I believe that in my own way, I am leading my life as Jesus did. With kindness, compassion, and unending faith in humanity and all the good hidden in it.