Reflection Paper About Homosexuality - 928 Words

When I was 22 years old, I had a best friend who was gay and Christian. Occasionally, he would ask me to go to church with him but I never would. I always turned him down thinking it would be a waste of time to go to his church since you cannot be gay and Christian. One day, after having invited me several times and getting the same rejection, he directly asked me if it was because of his sexual orientation. I contemplated whether I should tell him the truth or lie. I told him I was not comfortable going to a church that would accept a practicing homosexual. To me the Bible is clear that this is an abomination and if a church not only accepted such a relationship but also condoned the behavior, then I did not want to attend. He then†¦show more content†¦The first revelation received was that this was my story and I, too, had a heart of stone when it came to this topic; however, God was about to give me a heart of flesh. In order to do that, I had to let go of everything that I thought I knew. I had no idea that some of the Hebrew words used to condemn homosexuality were the same words to condemn temple prostitution or that the Greek word used in 1 Corinthians could also mean a type of clothing. I struggled as I did not want to let go of my preconceived notions of what was right and what was wrong. I had to focus deeply on my prayer life to make sure that I was staying exactly where God wanted me since this was all new to me. Once I was able to let go of the thinking I previously had, God allowed a new way of thinking to enter my mind. I was able to see for myself what He intended me to know. Seeing something different from what you had originally thought it was is an eye-opening experience. I can remember sitting in my prayer room contemplating and meditating on the scriptures when a sense of peace came over me. It was as if I was learning exactly what I supposed to learn all along. 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