What is equal?

Ok so I just need to rant for a second. There is so much going on in this world about equal rights and the right to choose. But what does that mean? I do not agree with gay marriage, and I never will. I do not support abortion, and I never will. I do not agree with making bathrooms unisex, and I never will. I don't agree with murder, and I never will. The list goes on. However. That does not mean that I think less of those people who are gay, or that are in a gay marriage. Or that I think less of someone who has had an abortion. It is possible to love someone and not agree. I do it all the time within my own family, with my husband, and with his family. I also do not agree with drug use, and I never will. I have had friends and family members that have abused drugs, and I at one point in my life used drugs. But I have a different life now and make different choices. But I don't agree with it and it's hard to watch someone make the choice to use, however, I still love them. 

So why is it that in this world and in this day and age that we can't agree to disagree and still be friends? What is wrong with that? Why is it that people that disagree with gay marriage or abortion are ridiculous and clouded by religious convictions? Why can't I disagree with you? Why do you feel the need to make me feel bad for what I believe in? Isn't that the opposite of equality? You want to make your decision but no one can disagree with you....that doesn't make any sense to me. I get that everyone wants to be right, or fight for what they believe in. But when someone comes against your belief then they are hypocrites or misguided? I don't think so. I have the right to believe what I want. And so does everyone else. 

I believe we were sent to this earth to be tried and tested to be proved worthy to enter the presence of God again someday. One of the things God commanded us to do when he sent us here is to love one another. And I believe that wholeheartedly. I think we should all love each other. But that doesn't mean we have to agree. And that surely doesn't mean we even have to believe in the same things. But don't hate me or get mad at me because we believe in different things. Because I'm not going to do that to you.

There is not a single person in this entire world that is the same as another person. We are all different. Have different wants, needs, dreams, talents, and abilities. So that by definition isn't equal. Or fair. I really wish that I could sing. I want that ability so badly. It will never happen for me. This life is not fair, nor is it equal. And it shouldn't be. Satan would like us to believe that we all deserve and need the same things. But that just isn't true. My needs are completely different than a mans, than my husbands, than my friends, than my sisters, or than my mothers. If everyone was the same it would be incredibly boring. So I'm grateful to my Heavenly Father that he made us all different. 

I am imperfect and have made a lot of choices in my life that I am not proud of. Choices that I feel have given me the ability to have compassion for those that make different choices than me. Or understanding for people that are just different than I am. For that I am really grateful. Knowledge brings understanding. With that we should take the time to get to know one another. To understand each other. To become friends. So that we can help one another through the hard things in life. To show one another compassion when life gets hard and things aren't in our favor. That is what this life is about. 

End of Rant.
Meg