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Thanks for your insights, coming from experience. I would agree that God has given us minds and intelligence and His spirit can speak to us as well, giving us insights. Introspection comes when we move closer to God's will, and reveals much that the mind's and senses' desires have clouded.

The more we desire to do the will of God, especially from love and gratitude rather than fear, the more He removes the worldly desires, and gives us the motivation to serve Him. Part of which is showing us our secret, previously hidden ill motives. Knowledge of God (which cannot be separate from love) leads to self-knowledge as well.

I'm glad you tell your story here, the more people understand that no one HAS to be "gay", the better. People also don't HAVE to be drunks, dope fiends, porn users, adulterers, and so on.

We can be free and we are meant to be free.

The more we desire to do the will of God, especially from love and gratitude rather than fear, the more He removes the worldly desires, and gives us the motivation to serve Him.

I won't respond by saying you're a cool dude, as that went over like a lead balloon the last time!

I will say that I don't think I am quite at your spiritual level, but one thing I noticed was that when I truly left homosexuality behind, I became free of depression. When I became free of depression, I was able to worry less about myself and more about others. I did take a small step toward what God expects of me.

About telling my story, looking back it seems like growing out of homosexuality is the most normal thing in the world. It's hard for me to comprehend that it is considered exceptional.