Apr 15 2008
Understanding where I am coming from.
I received quite a bible-thumping, point-to-the-bible-verse-about-homosexuality email from someone and asked me to stop this blog. He says that I am being deceived by the devil and that no one should live this lifestyle. He also tells me that God loves me but if I continue with this lifestyle, I will be forever condemned to hell.
If he met me a few years ago, before I realize how God’s love knows no bounds - I would have believed him. I would have deleted this blog and lived in guilt and shame. I probably would have gone to confession multiple times and washed myself with holy water.
But that is not me today. Today, I am a grown man with the knowledge of what God’s love is. I am a grown man, who knows that God will not open the gates of heaven for me for anything else but one reason - how I loved my brothers. That is the only thing that I believe in and no matter what happens, I will cling to that. I could memorize all the verses of the bible, I could sing wondrous praises and even preach with my own tongue - - but without the LOVE God has intended for me to share with others - - all of those mean nothing.
So, I therefore pray that you will realize why this blog exists and why I intend to share what I know about God. There is only one God I know and the God I know has made a way for me to realize that he will only measure one thing about me, and one thing only. “How much did I love my fellowmen?”
God bless.
our minds may justify that we can be both - gay and at the same time bible-believing christians. why not? this will all settle the tension and struggle we have with our faith and our sexuality. Honestly, how much I try to buy on these thoughts, there’s in me that says I can’t be both. Deep in my heart of hearts, I know that this can’t be God’s plan for my freedom. Like everyone else who reads this blog, I’m one of those who stil searches. I pray that God may find us as we seek Him.
Hello Albert and welcome to my blog. I had the same struggle. I had the same concerns. Believe me, I didn’t come to this conclusion. I used to hate myself for being me. I used to hate God for letting me be who I am. Why would such a loving God let his children suffer? Why me?!
I had struggled and I fought it. Believe me. That is until God showed me His love goes beyond my thinking. I cannot look at the way God loves me in the same way any human being sees it. God’s thinking is higher than our own. I am just glad that He made me realize it before I became self-destructive, before I hated myself even more, and before I hurt anyone else.
Homosexuality is not a disease Albert. God loves you whether you are straight or gay. You are beautiful in His eyes. Just remember that.