i went to school one day when i was 11.
out of the clear blue i saw a boy and felt an immediate crush on him.
i'd never given the opposite sex a moments notice until that point.
i often wonder what would have happen if the object of my affections had been a girl.
after quite a few messy and entangled years i have come to realise it is the uncontrolled impulses and desires that cause me harm. those desires could be to stuff my face when i'm blue or slap someone when i'm angry. sexual desire is just another flavour.
if a gay couple were to raise a happy and healthy child.. their sexual choices may not be great but their compassion would reap a sweet harvest. i see bad choices in the married heterosexual couple who use each others bodies just get their kicks or fantasize about doing it with a colleague while making love. after all jesus may have called homsexuality an abomination but he made it clear the situation described above is adultery and hence a breach of the ten commandments.
and now a man came up to him
'master,what good must i do to gain eternal life?'
'good?' said jesus 'why do you wish to ask me about that? one alone *is good. but if you wish to enter into life(notice he does not say eternal life-just everyday householder existence)
keep the commandments'
'which commandments?'he asked
'do not murder
do not steal do not give false evidence
honour your father and mother
love your neighbour as yourself. (so there you have it,in a nut shell)
'i have kept all these. where do i still fall short?
jesus said to him
'IF YOU WISH TO GO THE WHOLE WAY,SELL ALL YOUR POSSESSIONS,GIVE TO THE POOR,AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE RICHES IN HEAVEN; AND COME FOLLOW ME'
how many of you are sure you're dedicating your life to christ?
* what do you think this means?