Christianity has cured more mental disorders than all of the shrinks combined.
Very good article...and timely. I’m dealing with a guy on another forum who is saying that same sex attraction is normal and that God endorses homosexuality as long as they are in a committed relationship...twisted i know but this article really is a testament to the power of God to show us where we fall short and how we try to make up for it by using our own solutions or cultures solutions instead of God’s.
"The refusal to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering in human life [and, I would add, in all human relationships]. It works in this way--if we love a human being and do not love God, we demand of him [or her] every perfection and every rectitude [perhaps that we find lacking in ourselves?], and when we do not get it we become cruel and vindictive; we are demanding of a human being that which he or she cannot give".
"There is only one Being Who can satisfy the last aching abyss of the human heart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. Why Our Lord is apparently so severe regarding every human relationship is because He knows that every relationship not based on loyalty to Himself [who is God] will end in disaster."
Our Lord trusted no man, yet He was never suspicious, never bitter. Our Lord's confidence in God and in what His grace could do for any man was so perfect that He despaired of no one."
"If our trust is placed in human beings, we shall end in despairing of everyone."
And-- I would add--if our trust is placed in Christ, we can find a reason to rejoice in anyone!
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This woman’s search for identity in relationship is every woman’s search.
I’m an old, married, woman. I had no trouble identifying with every statement of her inward struggles.
She looked for identity and love in women for a season.
It’s no different than having unrealistic expectations from a man.
God will allow us to become disappointed {huge, huge understatement!} in those relationships until we discover everything we need in Christ, His grace and mercy to needy people.
‘With serious gaps in my identity closing quickly, I began to see the appeal of having a man in my life.’
As I see it what mostly renders men appealing to women is the ability to move heavy furniture from one place to another and another. To dig postholes for decorative landscaping, to lift heavy bags of concrete and fertilizer, to kill spiders and mice and to get up in the middle of the night when she hears an unusual noise. To place various objects in high places she can not reach and to carry in the bags of whatever she has spent the money on from the car. Turning over heavy mattresses and bringing a paycheck home large enough to keep her in the style that she wishes to become accustomed to.
Have I missed anything ladies?:)
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I do think same-sex attraction is easier to get into, and easier to get out of, for females. Girls often have affectionate, cuddly, emotionally-intense relationships with other girls, which could turn sexual with little nudging; but they often get out of these twosomes because they become too suffocating.
Girlsx2: all those feeling! All that relationship-talk! All that estrogen at once!
The money-quote...a lesson for all of us:
“The revelation came that I was engaging in idolatry, expecting wholeness and fulfillment from something and someone that wasn’t designed to give it to me, and I was valuing that as primary to God. It was angering and humiliating when I saw that I was underestimating my own womanhood and allowing some other woman to define what was rightfully and uniquely mine to express.”
Thanks for the post.
“Also interesting, I have been approached by heterosexual people who have never struggled with same sex attraction wanting to know more about the mystery that is homosexuality and seeking to understand its dynamics and how a person can “get there””
No mystery about it. It’s all about sex? Nothing more. Most lesbians and all homosexual men are sexual predators, the more sex partners the better. This “marriage” with just one person stuff really cracks me up, when the majority of them want to have threesomes and foursomes each and every night and see nothing at all wrong with it, and a lot of them are in relationships exactly like that. So look for a dyke or fag to be the first to sue some state because he/she wants to “marry” five or six other he/shes. The more the merrier, and the more government freebies from democrats. It’s sex, sex and nothing else.
ping for later.
Good article. One thing that stands out to me in this issue, is this: if we are created in the image of God, and we know homosexuality is an abomination to God, how does it translate that those (professing Christians) who practice it can say that God created them like this? THAT is blasphemy! I’m certain that part of the problem is that those who start to fantasize the attraction do NOT seek godly counsel at a time when they COULD get help. Seeking psychological help is like the blind leading the blind. The further in one goes, the more one sees sin as anything but sin. You convince yourself that God must have loved you as a homosexual if you are overcome by the desire. We have long ago stopped seeking to live for God alone, and instead we seek His blessings on our own choices in life.
Great article. Yet another leaves the lesbian lifestyle.
Fascinating article and perspective.