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Replies to '06/06 "I'm Gay, OK?"'
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June 6, 2006, 7:05 am PDT
 Quote From: eden777 Hi:)
It was just a simple little joke about the pink frilly dress...I hope you didn't think that I was personaly stereotyping and the thank you was simply a thank you :)
A few days ago a lady at church I know went to a ladies pink hat tea party...I was still kind of laughing about that. (I also laughed with her).
I actualy don't mind pink...I have a pink shirt, and at times I do wear make-up but not that often.
In some of the places I would hang out before, I would see more lesbian's that wouldn't look any different then straight women and there are many people in the church struggling with unwanted homosexuality or people who are living double lives in the church like I had done for a while before truly surrendering my life to Jesus Christ. The church needs to know and understand or perhaps the church is finaly coming to see that this issue is hiting close to home.
You have many people out there who truly believe in Jesus Christ and who simply wants to come to understand their sexual desires in light of their faith in Christ and it's kind of confusing when the bible speaks against what feels so natural to some, in that I mean...no one asked to be gay and yet people are gay and those who are gay didn't wake up one morning to say, "I think I want to be gay," And yet here is a person who is coming to believe in Jesus Christ.
In a world where there are no absolute's, "what's right for you might not be what's right for me," Things do get just a little bit confusing...don't you think? The bible also addresses that by saying in the account of Noah and the Ark, people did what they thought was right in their own eyes and so grieved the heart of God. This is why I look to God's word as absolute truth and I never regret embracing God's word as absolute truth and I never regret embracing who God created me to be. First and formost...a woman created in the image of God, second...that I am a child of God who is created for good works, third...I am a work in progress and God's grace is tailor made and precision cut to fit my needs in any circumstance I may find myself in. Fourth, a sinner saved by grace through faith in Christ, AMEN
1Cor 6:11 which read's "AND THAT IS WHAT SOME OF YOU WERE..."
Is there anyone in the church who can realy convey a redemptive response to the issue of homosexuality instead of causing people to see only one thing...the fact that so many gay's and lesbian's feel that they are unloved, and unacceptable by the church. (and rightly so:( )
Peace<><
I feel very sorry for you eden. That you would choose to forgo your happiness and force yourself to submit to the christian life. What a lonely life you will lead. I am sorry that they are brainwashing you to believe that the only way to live is in a heterosexual and christian way. Forcing yourself to be that way is of no help to anyone. Hiding your homosexuality away does not mean it is gone.
Let me give you an example of what I mean. We have a home movie of me and my brother when I was about 2. We were playing with play-doh at the kitchen table. My brother picked up a piece of play-doh, looked at the camera, closed his eyes, and then ate it. He closed his eyes because he believed that if he could not see you, then you could not see him. You are closing your eyes to yourself. It makes me so sad to read stories like yours. People are making you believe false things. No matter what your take on the bible is, you are still a human being. The other people in your church don't have to sacrifice their happiness to live their lives. Neither do any of the people who so strongly condemn us. They were born heterosexual. It's just like Hitler and the Nazis. The genocide that happened not so long ago in our history happened because he believed that only perfect people should inherit the earth. What he didn't take into account is that no one is perfect, not even him. He had Jewdism in his family lines. He was not blond haired or blue eyed. Yet that is the race he wanted!
I assume you will force yourself to marry a man and you will realize that you do not want to be there. You cannot make yourself be sexually attracted to a man. It isn't possible. Believe me, I've tried. Eventually you will want to leave the marriage, but feel trapped and alone. You won't feel the love your body was born to feel. And, lets face it, you'll probably die feeling empty. Nothing is worth that. Not even religion. You should stop wasting your life now, and embrace who you really are.
I take it that you were in a relationship and broke it off to pursue your "christian lifestyle". I feel so sad for whomever you left. She must have been crushed and devistated. Don't you see this kind of behaviour is so destructive? Not only to those you leave behind like the husband who won't ever truly have your love? But most importantly it's destructive to YOU! I truly hope that one day you can live your life in the manner in which it was intended. There is no reason why you cannot be in a homosexual relationship and a chrisitan.
I am a homosexual. I have a partner whom I am civil unioned to. We live a very happy and fulfiling life together and are so greatful that we do not have to be beaten into submission by the Chrisitan coalition. I only wish the same for you in the future. |
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