Posted: Jan 6, 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I was watching the NYC New Years’ bash and having a great time bringing in the new year when the camera zoomed in, on two DUDES making out!! Yeah I have to say that made me cringe. I yelled out, “Oh my gosh!!!” It seems everywhere you look our society is trying to normalize the not normal. A little shot here of two guys holding hands in a commercial, a magazine here of two women kissing, it’s like the media is trying to warm us up to it.
Ayn Rand, an atheist, wrote in her novel “The Fountainhead” on how to wreck a society. One of the rules she states is to teach the people to laugh at everything, including the sacred and sinful. Wow! That’s probably the most sinister but yet true statement I’ve ever heard–teaching people to laugh at what is considered sacred.
I didn’t laugh when I saw that gay couple kissing on the screen, I don’t think homosexuality is funny, I think its disgusting. I don’t think the person is disgusting I think the act is disgusting; there’s a difference. In Proverbs 14:9 in The Message translation it says: “The stupid ridicule right and wrong, but a moral life is a favored life.”
It’s not politically correct to say two guys kissing is gross. We’re supposed to say, that’s so cool they’re embracing who they really are! It’s not cool, its not all right. In Leviticus 18:22 it says: “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.” I don’t know how the bible can be any more clear. Some say, “well that’s the old testament we don’t live by that law.” In the New Testament 1 Corinthians 6:9 says, “Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality–none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.” Yet you have ministers giving their stamp of approval by marriyng same sex couples.
I don’t believe in singling one “sin” out saying it’s worse than the others, I believe sin is sin, and my sin is just as gross as when I saw those two dudes kissing. I will not however sit on the sidelines cheering “sin” on just because I want to be “politically correct.”
I respect those who stick with what they believe, those that stand out amongst the crowd when everyone else is cheering the wrong way, they remain steadfast in what they believe.
Homosexuality is not right, it’s not cute, it’s not cool. Growing up, my pastor gave an analogy one Sunday morning using two extension cords. He brought one of the youth up on stage and asked them to try to plug the male end of the cord into the male end of the cord. The student looked puzzled, tried and obviously failed. My pastor then asked the student to try to plug the female end of the cord into the female end of the cord. The student again looking puzzled tried and failed. My pastor said, “Why isn’t it working?” The student replied, “It doesn’t fit!” My pastor then asked him to take the male end of the cord and plug it into the female end of the cord. The student did, and said, “It fits!”
Homosexuality doesn’t fit folks! Everyone has heard the analogy if God believed in homosexuality he would of created Adam and Steve not Adam and Eve. I have several friends who are homosexual and one family member. I pray for them just as I would anyone who I feel is misguided by sin. I love them, I don’t and will never bash or make fun of them. They know where I stand and that I don’t condone it. As time goes by in this New Year, just because our world is getting more sophisticated and technology is growing doesn’t mean you have to throw your morals out the window. Stand for what you believe! Teach your kids the difference. Don’t be afraid of gay people, extend your hand in love, and hopefully through a friendship you develop with them you will earn the right to speak into their life. When you earn that right, speak the truth in love.
What’s keeping you from standing for what you believe? Is it peer pressure? The feeling that you might not be “politically correct?” I challenge you to find out what you believe and why you believe it and take a stand.
Much love!