I think of all the questions that I ask the Lord, and then I think of my stubborn streak against Him; I think of my inability or refusal to learn. I think of how many times God shows me the way of righteousness and how I turn away. I think of my faltering and failing steps and my outright rebellion against Him – even as a believer. Oh the patience of God and the riches of His forbearance and grace!
Harry Reeder

The Search For Intimacy

The Search For Intimacy

The Search For Intimacy

If you’re gay, you understand hurt. Rejection. Fear. Disillusionment. Guilt. Anger. And misunderstanding.

A gay life style offers many promises. Freedom, independence, pride, sympathetic understanding, compassion, fulfilled desire, honesty. More than anything, perhaps, it offers honesty.

Unlike straights, the homosexual has struggled through two traumatic births: the natural birth, and the personal birth of self-acceptance. Both passages are marked by pain and great labour, but the product of the natural birth quickly forgets. The product of the personal birth remembers forever.

A cruel deception torments the gay community, however. Once the “birth” is accomplished and the homosexual comes out of the closet, the promises are not kept. At first there may be relief, and perhaps the euphoria of newness. But the gay lifestyle can never satisfy the deepest desires and longing of the homosexual man or woman. At best, it brings temporary diversion. At worst, it kills.

Why? Because the desires and longings of homosexuals are the desires and longings of humanity. A longing for God has been built into us. A longing we cannot escape. And He alone has the power to satisfy it.

Perhaps you have heard this truth, and rejected it because God did not deliver you from your impulses, desires, or temptations. Please hear what He says to you: He does not promise deliverance, but He promises victory. Complete, total victory.

Yes, there will be struggles for awhile; yes, there will be self-denial. Without those battles you could not celebrate victory. God wants you to join Him. He wants to go with you through the trial, and celebrate with you the triumph.

Do you see what will happen to you if you choose God’s process? Step by step, minute by minute, you will walk in intimate fellowship with Him. And isn’t that what you wish so desperately? That is what God wants from you, too.

Is it a trap? Having accepted God’s word for yourself, will you be a celibate prisoner, denying yourself genuine pleasures? No! The God who made you, who created your senses and gave you rich sensitivity, can guide you into complete fulfilment. He wants to satisfy. When you open yourself up to God’s healing power, you have hope for a “normal” life. He will gradually restore His creative order in you as you live close to Him.

God does not want to judge you. He wants to forgive. He has the power to keep His promises, and He will not fail.

You may need yet another birth … the spiritual birth. Come to God and let Him show you His love. He knows your pain and guilt and rejection, and He understands. He knows exactly what you need, and promises to give the desires of your heart.

Will you give Him a Chance?

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