Monday, February 12, 2007
Christians: choosing who to love
I'd hoped to spend some time on this, but as readers of entries passim will realise, I'm not at all well (update below), so I'm going to keep it short.My intention had been to write from two directions:
- as Christians, we don't get to decide who we should love: we're supposed to love everyone (including ourselves). This includes people of whom we may not approve - and I'm thinking in particular of gay, bisexual or lesbian people. And gay, bisexual or lesbian Christians, too.
- we should maybe realise that other people don't get to decide who they love, either: and I'm thinking in particular of gay, bisexual or lesbian people. And gay, bisexual or lesbian Christians, too. God made each of us the way we are, and we must remember that Jesus told us to "love your neighbour as yourself", which means that we must realise that people must love the selves that God made them.
Sorry to be blunt - I expect comments (though I may delay responding to them all until I'm rather better).
Synchroblog
Today is a "synchroblog" on the subject of spiritual warfare. If you've liked what you read here, or, more particularly, if you didn't, and you'd like to read some other opinions, please visit one of the other participating blogs:- Christian Sexuality as Ritual Worship at Phil Wyman's Square No More
- Christians: choosing who to love at Mike's Musings
- Loving God, Loving others, loving self- responding to the Goddess- a feminist perspective at Eternal Echoes
- Trinity by Mike Crockett
- Prophet's Passion at Adam Gonnerman's Igneous Quill
- A Love Supreme from Fernando's Desk
- What is this thing called love? at Steve's Notes from the Underground
- Love as it should pertain to us missionally? at Webb's Stumbling into the Kingdom
- Divine Eros by Handmaid Leah
- Loving the Other by John Smulo
- The Conjunction Between Sensuality and Spirituality by Matt Stone
- The Blogger Whom Jesus Loved at Jamie's More Than Stone
- Love Them Patriots at Calacirian
- I'm a better lover than I used to be... by Billy Calderwood
- Young people in on love by Tim Abbot
- The Art of Making Love....and Soap at Cindy's Tracking the Edge
- Being Missional: Love Comes Before Power by David Fisher at Be the Revolution
Update
For those of you with an interest, I'm definitely still ill. Got around 2 hours of sleep last night, woke up with a temperature and alternate shakes/sweats. Doc gave me antibiotics and the week off.Labels: illness, love, sexuality, synchroblog
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I have a friend who counsels 'sexual deviants' and other criminals.
He says that whether homosexuality is right or wrong, there is a distinct difference in the brain patterns between a homosexual/bi-sexual (which has brain wave patterns in that area similiar to hetrosexual) and those of a pedophile, rapists, etc, whos brain functions very diffently.
Interesting stuff.
He says that whether homosexuality is right or wrong, there is a distinct difference in the brain patterns between a homosexual/bi-sexual (which has brain wave patterns in that area similiar to hetrosexual) and those of a pedophile, rapists, etc, whos brain functions very diffently.
Interesting stuff.
well said Mike- if blunt-it was your comments about the need to love ourselves that sparked of my post- thanks.
Take care of yourself and Moo, rest and get well.
Peace and blessings
Sally
Take care of yourself and Moo, rest and get well.
Peace and blessings
Sally
Thanks for pressing through and getting some thoughts out - you touch on the challenging border of many people's love for others. This where we discover whether we really do love like Jesus.
When it comes to loving ourselves I know that God loves me completely and unconditionally, but I also know that there are things about me that need to change, and that he loves me enough to walk with me and work on them.
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When it comes to loving ourselves I know that God loves me completely and unconditionally, but I also know that there are things about me that need to change, and that he loves me enough to walk with me and work on them.
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