Posted by quequel on February 05, 2003 at 13:58:29:
In Reply to: ~N's remarkable response.... posted by giveawayboy on February 04, 2003 at 23:02:24:
Bill: I am not going to police them. My job is to love all people as whole people and to try and find the image of God in them. That is it. I hold these traditional views and yet I have many wonderful Christian friends who do not hold to them. Infact some of them have same sex partners and it doesn't seem to bother their conscience. So, we just agree to disagree on our sexual beliefs but we still have great friendships.
Kristi: It took a divorce to teach me that lesson. I pray for every other member of the body, who might have difficulty discerning between loving and "encouraging sin," that they would not have to go through such an extreme experience to learn that there is ONLY loving. Sin will happen with or without encouragement or judgment. Our job is to love--love, love, love.
Bill: ~N~, you mentioned that perhaps some people might have been helped by our posting this. I hope so. I sure hope that is the case. Remember, this goes way beyond gay too. Perhaps you have some other issue in your life that dogs you. Perhaps you are confused or unsure about a moral issue, or sorrowful over a sin that you have committed. God is here for you. It is not about perfection. It is about allowing yourself to be with God in this moment. You don't have to figure out your whole life. You only need to say YES to God in THIS MOMENT.
Kristi: This is what I love about you, Bill, among many things. But seriously, who ever thought of having an altar call on a message board? Only Bill!