Somethings I Do Not Understand

I was laying in bed early this morning, just after my hubby kissed me goodbye, thinking about somethings that have been troubling me. I was asking God to help give me some insight. I can except that something we may never know. What I am having the hardest time excepting is the choice some making knowing the word of God, to claim to walk by it, but live a lifestyle that totally contradicts it all.

This past weekend I heard that a Christian singer that we (Mike and I) are very familiar with came out of the closet. He divorced his wife of more than 30 years and now lives an openly "gay-Christian" lifestyle. He is quoted as saying“If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live. It’s not like God made me this way and he’ll send me to hell if I am who he created me to be … I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself.”

I do not understand. It's heartbreaking. As Christians we can argue over what is right and wrong in this but what saddens me the most is it seems as though those living this life-style find nothing wrong with it. I personally do not believe that this is how God created people live life. God created Adam and felt he need not be alone so he created a woman, Eve. Adam and Eve created life between them and henceforth began the population of the world. Had God created life to be between those of the same sex, don't you think he would have created it that way in the beginning? I am not judging the hearts of those who have come out as being gay and a Christian. I just feel the homosexual-Christian community is sadly mislead. It is so frustrating how the word of God get misinterpreted or pieces of the word of God are read and not the whole context.

I have a couple of friends/family members who have lived or are currently living a homosexual life-style. I refuse to shun them or cut them off because of sin. Aren't we all sinners? God draws all sinners and tugs at our hearts so that we might know Him. Because I choose to follow God, I choose to love these people and not love the sin. I am not God, nor do I want to play His role. I do feel as though we need to take a stand on this issue and love the sinner, but give Godly, loving direction. Instead of being one extreme or the other, I believe the Christian church needs to find the middle ground. There has to be a place in between shunning the homosexual and totally excepting it as "how God created" them. Isn't there a place in the middle where we can love with out excepting? A place where we can guide without judgment? A place where we simply show Jesus in our own lives so that those around us can see truth for what it is?

This morning after beginning this post I received a call from my mom to tell me, ironically, another singer claiming to be a Christian had come out of the closet on national TV today. I could not believe that in the very moment I was typing this post another has "come out". I physically felt sick. My stomach turned at the thought. My heartaches, it really does. I just do not understand how those claiming to be Christians could be so mislead.

Bottom line is we as a church, the body of Christ, need to be in prayer. All we can do is pray that God's word be known and truth be shown.

Just my thoughts.