______It is sad to say that the body of Christ has not embraced the community of gay believers. I've realized that God loves me in spite of where I might find myself or what circumstances I might find myself in life. Romans 8:38 states: "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, not things to come (39) Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
______Come hell or high water I know I am saved, blood bought, and loved by the Lord Jesus Christ. There are so many saved people who are in the body of Christ who are involved in homosexual relationships and are dying spiritually because they have no one who understands the simple fact that they are saved and are attracted to the same sex. No one can receive deliverance unless they desire to be delivered. I have found that there is forgiveness for everything else in the body except homosexuality. One should beware because we would be suprised if we really knew how many and who in the church are involved in this lifestyle.
______Besides scripture also tells us if a brother or sister is taken in a fault those who are spiritual are to restore such a one in the spirit of meekness and love. Which simply means there should be some sort of communication between bretheren not criticism and mockery. I don't care how long a person has been saved, or how spirit filled, or how annointed or appointed; every believer has a struggle in his or her life. Neverthelesss it never means that the Father stops loving us at all. Scripture also says: "Behold what manner of love hath the Father bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons and daughters of God."

______Oh the things that I have allowed myself to go through to reach the existence that I longed for over 20 years. I allowed others in society to dictate the way I should feel and who and how I should feel about another human being. I built a stained glass window around me, not allowing others to pierce through. It was my own little imaginative world. I was afraid to show myself in fear of retaliation and disbandment. I felt it was WRONG to feel the way I felt about another woman. I hid myself from me and lived the aka *str8life* for years, while my insides and innermost thoughts were little by little eating away at my very soul. I was miserable until I realize I was digging my own prison. God knew my thoughts from the very beginning, yet, I was afraid of condemnation. Then one day I read the statement "GOD DON'T MAKE JUNK". Why would an ALL loving God reject US? All kind of thoughts came swarming through my head. It occurred to me that there was no need to live in this self-made abyss. God loves me just the way I am! I pulled myself out of the hole with the helping hand of the Almighty and launched forward into the "New ME". No longer did I feel trapped. That was almost 3 years ago. I've come a long way since then. In time, I was introduced to members of the "Unity Fellowship Church Movement" who accepted me As I Am. My faith in God has been enhanced full-bloom with the knowledge that I am love regardless of my sexual preference in life.

______I've been in the life for 6 years. I've experienced so-called friends deciding not to be my friend anymore(but u know that if they do this they were not a true friend), my mother disowned me, I've been depressed, thought of suicide, etc. But my faith in God brought me through all of those trials and tribulations. I researched the Bible and asked many preachers, ministers and some Christians- to assure myself that my interpretation for the scriptures I'd read(some are listed below) were in fact true. Most of us have been in churches when the pastor/preacher says that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality but they were really destroyed because of inhospitality.
______ Romans chapter 1 speaks of God destroying people because of their lifestyle when in fact he destroyed them because they turned their backs on him. God is a jealous God and he doesn't want to be second in your life-he wants to be number 1!!!. So I try my best to keep him number one-I put him before everyone else. But sometimes I don't and when I realize my mistake I ask for his forgiveness and start wooing him (making him my number one and making him feel like he is my number one again). But in order to get his grace and mercy, one must first accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal Savior (for he is the door-the way).
______ Once u are saved, no one can take that away from u, but u. So in essence, keep God first!!! in all situations and when u get discouraged, cry out to him. He will hear you. There are times when I feel like I won't go to heaven but Jesus said that my sheep know my name, and they are in my hand, and NO ONE can pluck them out!!!
______ A good site that backs up what I say is: Dispelling the Myth

______When it comes to my spirituality and my view of GOD, it took some years to accept GOD with my loves because of the morality that was conditioned within me in my young years. Outside of that and within my own beliefs, the bodies that we carry are just shells to the real life that will live on when our own candles blows out. If I didn't have the gift of sight and had someone who was truly caring, respecting, and loving me; would it make a difference that the person loving us was male or female? (This hypothesis not necessarily the case for all but...) Would one stay with an abusive man just so they can say they HAD a man? Why would I choose someone because, in general population, they're more correct for me than to have and love someone who's perfect for me? Lastly, I say love the souls that love you...GOD made us all and loves all -- he didn't say most but all...

______This realization has brought me closer to GOD. I know that I am not a mistake and that GOD loves me. When I found GOD and asked GOD to love me and come into my life, I found myself. Thus, I came to realize that I am gay (after being with men). My relationship with GOD is everything to me and I feel that me being gay will not every change that.