Jesus loves us equally. Is that a bad thing?

Vonda’s Views
April 5, 2010

Jesus loves the little children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow
Black and white
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

I can remember during my informative, inquisitive childhood years, learning this song in Sunday School. Various teachers each week would teach from the Holy Scriptures that Jesus loved us ALL. So I believe that Christ does love us all. That means he loves us all equally does it not?

Yet in recent days I have run across statements that people have made that appear to me to be exclusionary. Equality is not something they want or even believe in. Oh yes I would love to have equality of wages for men and women. I have long been an advocate of that. Especially when I once worked in an office where I was more qualified and experienced than my supervisor yet I was paid a lesser wage because I was a woman. No I didn’t fight it because that was not an option back in that time frame. I did move on though when the next best opportunity arose.

But what about equality in religion? Are there really people that believe that we are not all equal in God’s eyes? Sadly I think so from comments that I hear and from things I see in print.

Jesus died for all the children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow
Black and white
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus died for all the children of the world.

Is being equal such a bad thing? Is it wrong to have a vision of a day when every one is equal or is that some sort of evil indoctrination plot? When the time comes for each of us to meet our Maker, we all will be standing one on one in front of the Lord and he will be looking at us. Not at our skin color or whether or not we went to church every time the doors opened. It’s not going to matter if we helped out a local charity or gave someone the shirt off our back. Its not going to matter if we grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and was a hippie for a while or if we grew up so sheltered that we didn’t have a thought for ourselves.

So what if there was that girl in your class that got pregnant and had a kid out of wedlock? Did that mean you were “better” than her? What about the guy that wore his hair so long he tied it back in a ponytail yet you wore yours in a buzz cut? What about the guys that didn’t want to be drafted and your brother was and he died in Viet Nam? Is that “draft dodger” any less important in God’s eyes.

The point I am trying to make, in my small allotted space, is that religion, particularly the Christian Faith, is about Gods love for us, not about our love for God. He loved us FIRST. And he loves us just as we are. It is because of HIS love that we are changed and we come to love Him. Through that love we seek to change our ways and be more like Him.

Jesus rose for all the children/people
All the children/people of the world
Red and yellow
Black and white
They are precious in His sight.
Jesus rose for all the children/people of the world.

Jesus loves us ALL equally. So equality can be a good thing.