Jesus Please?

Jesus Please?

This morning I woke up thanking the Lord that he has a great plan for us and that sometimes the Father in Heaven says No. I can not tell you how many hours I have spent on bended knees praying to God that he take this attraction to women from me. How many tears I have shed, or how many deals I have made with God. “God if you take this away from me I will go to church more, or I will tithe more, and I will volunteer more”. Thankfully, the Father in Heaven knows best and just like a good parent the answer is No.

God created me gay. He knows the hairs on my head and he knows what is best for me. What did Jesus say regarding Homosexuality? Nothing. He had lots to say about loving your neighbour and loving each other and forgiveness, but absolutely nothing about homosexuality. Don't you think that if Jesus thought that it was such a terrible thing he would have said something? What he did speaks more volumes that then the nothing he said about homosexuality.

Matthew 8:5-13

New International Version (NIV)

The Faith of the Centurion

5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.”
7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
8 The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.

What made this servant so special to the centurion? After all servants were bought and sold on a regular basis. The answer is simple. It was the centurion's lover. He was aware that the Jews did not want to be around Homosexuals so he told the Lord that he was not worthy of the Lord visiting his house. Jesus was so impressed with him that he healed the Centurion's lover. Don't you think that if Jesus thought Homosexuality was wrong he would have healed him of that too? Don't you think that if that happened there would be many more paragraphs in the bible following this story?

I am glad that the Lord didn't answer my prayers and make me a heterosexual. Yes would my life be easier. Certainly. Would it be nice to be accepted in the community with out question, yes it would be. Would it be nice to go to church with my family with out feeling like I have the bubonic plague, absolutely. But this is not the life that the Lord set out for me and he wants me to live my life as he designed and not by what is easier. So all my Gay Brothers and Sisters out there, do not despair. Go do as the Lord has designed you to be. Love each other and perhaps one day the right wing Christians will look on their discrimination with disdain as they do with segregation.

Peace and Love in Christ!