Tattwo

So there it is.
The second of the tattoos.
The story behind this one?
"by our love"- many of my Gordon friends and other Christians that I know are familiar with the song "They will know we are Christians by our love." For as long as I can remember (or, ever since I was young, or some other cliche phrase indicating a long period of time) my father has used this song as a reminder of the hypocrisy of so many Christians and the need to not be like them.

That sounds kind of fancy. Basically its this: whenever there is a story on the news of a group of "Christians" presenting themselves as heartless jerks (example: the group who went around protesting at soldiers funerals, claiming the war was God's punishment for the US condoning homosexuality), he will just quietly start singing "they will know we are Christians by our love..."

So that's what I was raised with. Unfortunately, I'm not exactly queen of patience or understanding. So the tattoo is a reminder to myself that the core of Christianity is love. Yes, I believe there are a lot of other moral beliefs we need to uphold, but first are foremost is the need for love. So I had my father write out the words and I got them tattooed on my wrist where they would be a constant reminder to myself.

My mother is still hoping its just Sharpie.