no way MY kid is gay....

Here's another one "catching on"..."Hey Mom, I'm not gay, I just happen to fall for this person who is the same-sex as I am, it's just her/him, not that I'm gay."
That's the one I got thrown at me....that's one of the primary issues I spoke of in earlier posts that have made this year so pertinent in the agony category and my residence change to the Gethsemane garden of the deepest, most fervent prayer of my life.
"Not MY child" -- yeah, sure.
"But they weren't raised that way!" -- so?
"But she/he was SAVED as a child/teen/adult...what the.?" -- yep, & guess what that leads to:
"oh, no,..were they REALLY ever saved?....OR....are they turning their back on God? Will they lose their salvation????"
And there folks is where the dilemma for me really began...
Both of my children were saved as children, and rededicated as teens. This was NEVER something I even gave a thought too. It was never something I had as an "option" of what my children might "get into" when they went off to what I like to call Prodigal Land.
It's been several months now and I've been through an array of emotional states like hysteria, to deep depression, denial, anger, grief, and on and on....
Then I turned to prayer -- REAL prayer, Gethsemane prayer.
Then the Lord opened up to me in ways that continue to amaze and astound - and comfort me.
When I turned to Him and gave up all to Him He took over and is what gets me through each day.
One of the resources He turned me to was Exodus International, a foundation that is all about Christians and same-sex identity issues.
Before I put up any more posts about my journey, I would really appreciate hearing from you. Is anyone reading this that can relate?

....would have loved you forever....

Hi to all! I was just thumbing through the latest catalog I was mailed, doing imaginary shopping....when I came across a beautiful stone for a garden. Upon looking closer at the message inscribed on it, I had to do a double-take. Here's what it says, "If Love could have saved you, you would have lived forever". What do they mean IF? Love did save us! We ARE going to live forever!
Then, I 'got it'...sadly I realized they weren't talking about Love, the One we know as our King and Savior, Jesus, they simply meant love, the generic love that we're all told to feel and is believed to be the key to happiness, yada, yada, yada.
How sad that the EXACT words they are using are 100% TRUE yet 100% FALSE! The irony in this is almost too painful to see.
I praise Jesus that I am able to read that inscription and smile with a precious knowledge that it is true for me.
I praise Jesus that every day is one more opportunity to reach the lost who purchase and read that stone placed over a loved one that they actually may never see again.
I praise Jesus for the tears that come to my eyes and the deep sadness I feel for those lost souls. Why? Because right now they are only lost, not gone forever and while we're all still here there's still a chance.
Praise You Lord for the words on that stone.
Praise You Lord that there really is no IF when it's with You, it IS forever and it is real love - You are that Love.
Amen