\o/ First and foremost and Above all else, Thank You, dear LORD Jesus, for this day and your many blessings! Amen.\o/
Warmest greetings to you dear friend in Christ Jesus! I can see that you are experiencing discomfort due to your son's admitted sexual orientation. Many families go through this and you are certainly not alone. However, some years back I saw a t.v. re-enactment of a young man, perhaps very close to the age of your own son, named Matthew Shepard, from Wyoming, and how he was so brutally and unmercifully beaten, tied to a pole in a deserted area in the dead of Winter and left to die all because he was perceived as different by the perpetrators of that crime, some whom incidentally were incarcerated after his death.
It was then that this matter brought even greater focus and interest to me as a Born Again Christian. After that I started reading about, seeing stories, and learning about Gay children through the media, the young ones who are being harassed in school and by neighbors because of their same-gender attractions. And I just had to pause and do some deep research into this matter of why people dislike these folks and found some rather interesting information! I know many will point to Scriptures that they feel condemn same-sex encounters, however, the flip side to that is that many learned professors who have studied the Bible as well as clergy have reached a much different conclusion.
Whenever I have heard of very young people hanging themselves or committing suicide because they are taunted by their peers and hated and scorned by their parents just for being Gay or Lesbian, it makes me shutter to see how a parent could not love their child any more just from learning this.
The interesting news is that the Apostle Paul, in effect, accepted homosexual people who were Christians! That's not just me saying that, it's from the research I have made. This may very well be a tremendous revelation but one that I feel should weigh into the equation here for better balance. Jesus also said not one word against same-sex people though others have tried to put words in His mouth by inferring things. But if He did not directly say them, then that should say plenty as to this situation in my honest opinion and afterall, it is by His blood that we are saved. I simply cannot see or learn of any further suicides, not even one more, not only by the youth in the world, especially in America but by any age group because they are not accepted due to their sexual orientation. This is very disturbing and should not be happening and is very much anti-Christian!
The scorn, bitterness, prejudice in quoting passages from Scripture that do not apply, should stop already and people should truly restore Jesus' saying to Love One Another. As well as for anyone who hates or disagrees with another for them to
Cast the First Stone. There is so much more to say about this as someone has to have the courage to step up with compassion and speak to this matter as so few do and I see that by people who would like to speak out for this madness to stop but by remaining silent and remiss just to be "politically correct"
so many are continuing to lose their lives because they feel no one cares about them! As I said, this is wrong and it should not continue!
So, it is my profound hope that you will not dis-own your son because of who he has said he is! Neither, imho, should you make his life harder than it already is. I'm sure he does not appreciate being laughed at, scorned, taunted, perhaps even hated for who he is. We must learn to embrace people's differences and this same 'speech' could very well have been used during the fifties when some in White America taunted and discriminated so wrongly against Black Americans and saw them as different with some even saying that the Bible said they were to be the servants of White people! And of course, they did not allow interracial marriages then either and there was much to fear in repercussions if those involved in that were found out. But just look at how things have turned around so positively now! And I hope it will also be so for all others who are so unfairly discriminated against.
And so it is that the Apostle Paul was found to have no prejudices against homosexual Christians! Yes, this may be very surprising for some, even alarming perhaps! But one must remember that Paul was indeed one of JESUS' Apostles therefore, he obviously knew, if anyone, how Jesus felt about this matter in order to reflect the way he did. Therefore, read on....
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And another link found on the Internet is for parents having problems with their Gay or Lesbian children or others is at: https://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2
It is therefore, my fervent prayer, in this prayer group, that people come to understand that what God truly condemns is Promiscuity in both Straight and Gay people and without preference on one group over the other! That, is never acceptable in God's eyes, not the people whom He has created. And I further pray, in general, that God, through Jesus Christ, will touch the heart of every person who continues to wrongly discriminate against or bring polarization to or marginalize those they do not understand or care to understand. For we are ALL part of God's family! And I thank God for showing me that we are. We pray for and thank Jesus for being with those who continue to not understand and to help them see through whatever difficulties or prejudices they are presently encountering. May God bless all of you and I Love You Since You Are One of God's Creations!
Never fear! With the Divine Power of Jesus Christ, Yes! You CAN Obtain That Which You Are Seeking, According To His Will!
For ALL Who Seek Jesus and His Salvation Who Wish To Become Born Again
PRAYER FOR SALVATION (to be said orally): Lord Father, I come to thee as a sinner with contrite heart and ask thee to forgive me of all of my sins. I accept and believe that Jesus Christ is the One and only begotten Son of God. I believe in my heart that Jesus died on the cross for me and that He resurrected from the dead through God. I promise to serve you in the most holy name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
