The What and Why of Culture Beloved ?
"As indeed he says in Hosea,
'Those who were not my people
I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved
I will call 'beloved' "
Romans 9:25 (ESV)
Culture Beloved is based on this verse, which really stuck out to me as I was reading the book "Spoken For: Embracing Who You are and Whose You Are" by Robin Jones Gunn and Alyssa Joy Bethke (really GOOD book !) . In chapter seven the verse is listed to show a term of endearment God uses to calls His children. Alyssa mentions the verse again later in the chapter. It's been with me ever since, because like the authors of this book, I am just in Love with Love and what greater Love story is there than the Love of the Heavenly Father has for you ?
When first reading the verse I thought it was God speaking to Hosea (because of the first line) but after further study I found that it was actually Hosea speaking about the Israelites (God's chosen people) after their rejection of God, (See Hosea chapter 2, specifically 2:23) but the point remains. God; the all knowing, all powerful, the full of Mercy and Grace God, sent His son to die for us to make us "His people", "His Beloved" even though we deserve less than nothing for the rotten conditions of our sinful hearts. And yet, He gave us the chance to be welcomed in to His family. He gave us grace when we deserved punishment, mercy when we deserved judgment and love to the unlovable. He gave us Everything. God's love for us is the forever kind of love, which He extends to us all. The Jew and the Gentile, the believer and the non-believer, the i phone and the android user. As believers we are a Culture of God's Beloved People. As believers we are set apart and free to join this new culture of love, "for it is by grace that we have been saved through faith..." (Ephesians 2:8). How AMAZING, right!?
My hope is that Culture Beloved will be a unifying place, a movement, and an identity for all people who desire to Know and grow (with me) in the Love of Jesus.
If you need a place to belong, feel support, be loved or just fill some time, then this is the Blog for you.
Grab a seat and stay a while!
~Culture Beloved
p.s. there's a longer and more in depth version of this here.
'Those who were not my people
I will call ‘my people,’
and her who was not beloved
I will call 'beloved' "
Romans 9:25 (ESV)
Culture Beloved is based on this verse, which really stuck out to me as I was reading the book "Spoken For: Embracing Who You are and Whose You Are" by Robin Jones Gunn and Alyssa Joy Bethke (really GOOD book !) . In chapter seven the verse is listed to show a term of endearment God uses to calls His children. Alyssa mentions the verse again later in the chapter. It's been with me ever since, because like the authors of this book, I am just in Love with Love and what greater Love story is there than the Love of the Heavenly Father has for you ?
When first reading the verse I thought it was God speaking to Hosea (because of the first line) but after further study I found that it was actually Hosea speaking about the Israelites (God's chosen people) after their rejection of God, (See Hosea chapter 2, specifically 2:23) but the point remains. God; the all knowing, all powerful, the full of Mercy and Grace God, sent His son to die for us to make us "His people", "His Beloved" even though we deserve less than nothing for the rotten conditions of our sinful hearts. And yet, He gave us the chance to be welcomed in to His family. He gave us grace when we deserved punishment, mercy when we deserved judgment and love to the unlovable. He gave us Everything. God's love for us is the forever kind of love, which He extends to us all. The Jew and the Gentile, the believer and the non-believer, the i phone and the android user. As believers we are a Culture of God's Beloved People. As believers we are set apart and free to join this new culture of love, "for it is by grace that we have been saved through faith..." (Ephesians 2:8). How AMAZING, right!?
My hope is that Culture Beloved will be a unifying place, a movement, and an identity for all people who desire to Know and grow (with me) in the Love of Jesus.
If you need a place to belong, feel support, be loved or just fill some time, then this is the Blog for you.
Grab a seat and stay a while!
~Culture Beloved
p.s. there's a longer and more in depth version of this here.
About the Author.
My name is Brittaney Johnson. It's pronounced like this,
Brit-ta-nay, (Normally I just tell people my name is Brit-ny) but I'm learning to love the simple uniqueness of it! I'm a 22 year old almost grad (graduate in December. What What!) who falls in Love with Jesus more and more each day. I think it's AMAZING how God could choose to love anyone or anything, but he Loves an awkward, imperfect girl like me. Don't you just Love Love!? Other than my first love, Savior and best friend, JESUS CHRIST, I love my family, friends, cold brewed coffee at all times of the day and night, fashion, make-up, Duck Dynasty, praise and worship my mom's banana pudding, writing, reading, wandering around my house, Pretty Little Liars, wasting time on youtube and a bunch of other random stuff. Remember, you're apart of a Culture of God's Beloved people! Thanks for stopping by. ~Brittaney Have a question ? |