I have been questioning if I should write a post like this...a religion type thang. But I wanted to talk about this because its something I have a hard time understanding and was hoping that anyone reading, that does understand it or lives it, can explain it to me.
I try not to judge...but I am human so I do (..and if you think you don't and just thought poorly of me for admitting I judge, well my friend, welcome to the club.) I try to understand where others are coming from as often and deeply as possible and if I can't understand it I try to leave it at a "to each their own" type of view. This particular thing, though, has been stewing in my head for some time. I talked to a friend of mine, who was raise in the Christian religion, and she couldn't explain it or understand it either.
I have noticed that many people in the blogging world are religious and devout Christians. No problems there...but I have noticed a few mentioning how their love of God/Jesus comes first, then their spouse then their child(ren) then themselves.
I cannot swallow this. (side bar: I just deleted a whole paragraph apologizing for possibly offending anyone w/this post ..but I don't think I should have to. I think it is better to ask questions about what you don't understand in an attempt to understand it than have strict views on things you know nothing of.) First of all, I don't really feel like I need to rank things in my life but if I had to I would probably put my child first. She is a helpless being who did not ask to be put on this earth..we created her because we had the intention to love and care for her. To pretect her from any and everything and give her all she needs in this world to be healthy and happy. I am in no way saying that people who apply the aforementioned ranking system don't care for and love their babies unconditionally but I do wonder why their child must come next to last? If my daughter and my husband were starving and I had 1 piece of something to eat...the little lady gets it. (assuming sharing isn't an option)
I also don't think it is fair for people to put themselves last. If you don't care for yourself-mentally, emotionally and physically-you wont be there for your spouse and child...you should be ranked just as high as everyone else. Perhaps my qualm with this ranking thing is that I feel it undervalues whoever is doing the ranking by putting them last. I, personally, do not know if there is a God since I have never met him/her but I do wonder that, if there is a God, wouldn't he want his believers to put them and their families before himself...because in the end, isn't God supposed to be a selfless being? I'm not sure if my rambling is even making sense but I do know that I would truly appreciate if someone could explain this to me further so I could better understand where this comes from and why it is the way it is. Please do so nicely as I am not trying to offend anyone..I am genuinely interested in understanding. I may not agree with it but I would love to understand it.
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