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psalm_onethirtyone) wrote2007-03-14 09:19 pm
psalm_onethirtyone) wrote2007-03-14 09:19 pm
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"Even if You Listen and Never Have Much to Say..."
A thought:
Most people who read this journal regularly know that I'm deeply religious. <3 And--I just wanted to put something in about sexual orientation, as such.
Because I believe that God created all things; and I believe that God loves all things. I frequently live by that. And I believe that sexual orientation is something a person is born with, something that can't be changed, chosen, or controlled. I believe that it's something a person is born with, and I believe that God watches and knows and shapes every person before any person is born, and I believe that if both of those things are true, this must also be true: God created some people to love boys and some people to love girls and some people to love both; and God loves them all.
I see the battle. I know that this is something that will maybe always be fought over, whether it's right or wrong, but I believe that as a Christian the issue's pretty clear. They tell me during service to respect all of God's creations, and to love them as he loves me (which--I think is so much more powerful than loving my neighbour as myself; if I did that, my neighbour would be very poorly loved). Anything God has made should be loved.
It's really that--that easy (and of course that difficult). And what I'm trying to say, and saying very badly, is that I think that for us--for Christians--this shouldn't be so hard to reconcile. It's not a sin. It's a gift. It's a gift like having freckles, or a talent for math, or very small feet. It's something we born with and which we keep, and which we should love.
That's all.
Most people who read this journal regularly know that I'm deeply religious. <3 And--I just wanted to put something in about sexual orientation, as such.
Because I believe that God created all things; and I believe that God loves all things. I frequently live by that. And I believe that sexual orientation is something a person is born with, something that can't be changed, chosen, or controlled. I believe that it's something a person is born with, and I believe that God watches and knows and shapes every person before any person is born, and I believe that if both of those things are true, this must also be true: God created some people to love boys and some people to love girls and some people to love both; and God loves them all.
I see the battle. I know that this is something that will maybe always be fought over, whether it's right or wrong, but I believe that as a Christian the issue's pretty clear. They tell me during service to respect all of God's creations, and to love them as he loves me (which--I think is so much more powerful than loving my neighbour as myself; if I did that, my neighbour would be very poorly loved). Anything God has made should be loved.
It's really that--that easy (and of course that difficult). And what I'm trying to say, and saying very badly, is that I think that for us--for Christians--this shouldn't be so hard to reconcile. It's not a sin. It's a gift. It's a gift like having freckles, or a talent for math, or very small feet. It's something we born with and which we keep, and which we should love.
That's all.