Know a girl who came from a strong biker background. She is cartooned up pretty heavily. About ten years ago she made a quality decision and accepted Jesus into her life. She had become anew creature in Christ in a huge way Thank God! Anyhow....being as she looked the way she did she had a horrible time finding a church that would accept her. She was hungry for the word of God and her desre was to get involved with other Christians. This became a struggle for her and THAT struggle was incredibly sad sad sad!!!! I cannot express how sad THAT type of thing is!! No doubt Gid is not pleased at all with this type of behavior and sad to say it is more common than many like to admit.
Eventually God led he to a place where she was accepted " Just as I am without one plea". God help us!
All I can say to this is CHRISTIANS WAKE UP !! WWJD??
Praise God their evil actions did not drive her back to a lifestyle that God delivered her from but the FACTS are real that these things happen.
This is just another example of the current church not understanding that perfect love casts out fear.
We have a prison ministry, where we go into prisons and minister to the inmates. We don't care what they have done, what they look like, how many piercings, how much ink they have because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts for these people by the Holy Ghost. When God gives you a people group to minister to, their looks, past and alternations mean nothing to you, because compassion looks past the senses and flesh of man and is a burning fire that compels you to create a conversation that seeks to correct the broken condition.
I had a person tell me at the home church we were at a few years ago they were "called" to prison ministry....a few Sundays after this conversation, one of the people we ministered to in prison received her parole and came to our church. She had ink from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet and looked like she got in a fight with a nail gone and lost, but the Spirit of God flowed through her very strongly. She was a former black magic practitioner and we had poured into her for the year we had her in the prison we went to.
The lady that said she was called to prison ministry had no idea who the girl was and came up to me and my wife and asked why we were sitting with her.....I told her who the girl was, and then based on her reaction sternly told her not to give me back the paperwork for a first time visit to prison.
The young adult pastor and his wife came over and we introduced them to her and the young lady is now fulfilling the call God has on her life.
It is not ever about WWJD, it is about understanding how the grace and love of Jesus works in you and that you manifest that love to the world to destroy the works of the enemy....