(A follow up to the previous post)
But I remain a Christian, a follower of Jesus. And, like Auden, I accept the Christian teaching that homosexuality is a tragic sign that things are “not the way they’re supposed to be.”
In recent years I have made it a point to read as many biographies of homosexual Christians as I can find. (“We read to know we’re not alone,” as the characters in the movie “Shadowlands” say.) Invariably, they talk about loneliness.
SourceAnd a really good response blog to the first article (source).
I decided I'm gonna bookmark of all the new friends I've made on xanga until I join there eventually.
http://littledrummerboy4christ.xanga.com/
http://livingx2xlives.xanga.com/
http://reedme85.xanga.com/
http://ody-dan.xanga.com/
http://carleton1958.xanga.com/
(More resources I've collected for a later time.)
http://moremusingson.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-its-like-to-be-you.html
I've decided I need to find a mentor relationship with a man who has victoriously overcome his homosexual attractions through Christ. It's time to submerse myself in a culture of devotion to Jesus as the sole provider and Saviour.
Man, I really do binge on things, don't I?!
http://captain20.xanga.com/714051392/dealing-with-depression/
Us SSA strugglers often have a real tough time with depression and it's very easy to see why:
- It can seem like there is no hope that we will ever find love and a fulfilling relationship
- When all of our friends seem to be getting married or having children, we end up left alone, like some misfit and dysfunctional
- Powerful attractions that are normal in all people are in the wrong direction and we seem unable to hold them back
- It doesn't seem to make any sense why I have this affliction
- No one really understands what is going on for me
- With such a private problem, I can't really share it with anyone
- I keep fucking up
- People can be really hurtful to me, calling me names and even passing me over for selection or promotion, just because I'm "different"
A great video from Gateway Church in Texas about Christians struggling with SSA:
http://vimeo.com/6344577
Your list here (1-8) put unto clear words the way my heart feels at times and why.
ReplyDeleteWell, true credit goes to the guy who wrote it in the first place(the link above that says "dealing with depression). I think it's so powerful because it's a general truth that applies to anyone in our situation. So, in that sense, we know we're not going through this alone. I'm right here with you, Daemon.
ReplyDelete