Kim Burrell is catching the venom of many in the social media circle due to a sermon she preached where she referred to homosexuals as "perverts" and said all with that spirit would die in 2017. We are going to overlook the fact that she is scheduled to appear and perform on Ellen in nine days, or that she collaborated with Frank Ocean on her last album, because hypocrisy in the church is never a thing right?
Before you go clutching pearls, getting irate, and having a meltdown, I am going to tell you a little piece of advice my late grandmother gave me over 30 some years ago "consider the source." This is what she always told me when I became enraged over some infraction someone enacted against me. In other words, if we know people to be of a certain group and to dispense a certain rhetoric, why should we be surprised when certain ilk comes out of their mouths?
This is not a debate over the wrongness or rightness of homosexuality; this is more of a truth defining moment. Yes, Kim spoke her mind and even supported it with scripture, but the truth is Kim is not alone. Many feel that way about homosexuals. Your pastors do, even though they have no problem using the musical gifts of your gay musical director. Many of your moms, aunts, cousins do, but have no problem with their gay hairdressers "hooking up their hair".
How many of you are "out" to your family members; yet, they still tell gay jokes? How many of you are "out" to your family and friends; yet, faggot will escape their lips at a moment's notice, when they get mad at a gay person. As long as it is not directed at you, it's all gravy right? This is a poignant lesson in the old adage of "go where you are celebrated, not tolerated." Maybe, it is time for many to practice some self-love and leave those people (family, friends, associates, etc) and things (church) in 2016, which do not embrace the total you, and not just your gifts, which benefit them. But as long as you have your tithes and offering, we are cool right?
The church finds one thing to focus on, and they beat it to death, and what time and experience have taught me, focusing on homosexuality, makes it easier to overlook the "sins" that they are committing.
Some years ago, I got a revelation about the importance of building a relationship with Christ, which was not focused on a building, other people, or outdated practices, and since then, my life has been more free, less judgmental, and I have been liberated. Maybe all of you should do the same!
Until next time....
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