I find it interesting that many have different beliefs in what the scriptures say and what they mean to them. I myself do not attend religious services, for I feel they go against what I have found to be truth in my life. I do believe in God, don;t get me wrong, however I do not believe that others should force their ideals onto others, let them form their own conclusion. If you feel that homosexuality is wrong, that is in your eyes not mine. I respect your beliefs and mine too, should be respected in return. We can't change who we are attracted to, or who we fall in love with, we can however change the way we think about it.
Anyone can read a passage and get a different meaning from it than I would, The Bible, it is written in abstract, it tells a story, and everyone's conclusion is different, what we believe is different, it becomes a direct reflection of life. How we perceive our lives, how we live our lives, in relation to who and what we attract and also repel. If it is seen as a book of sinning and deceit, and stories of such, then it is misinterpreted. There is a plus side; it is a book of forgiveness, learning, and Unconditional Love. This is what the stories directly reflect. That is what God wants us to understand always, it is uncondional love, it is how we grow as individuals. It comes from within, it cant be taught, it cant be seen, it is something that is felt, when we open our mind and allow the essence of Life to enter.
" Love everyone uncondionally., including yourself "
I like to keep an open mind, I like to listen, I feel everyone has something interesting to say, no matter how small it may seem at the time. "Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear" what is it the eyes see and hear ? Do not all peopels's eyes see and their ears hear ? No. But few indeed, when looking, see, or listening, hear. Children have the best understanding of this, for they are innocent, they are open to things, and they directly reflect what they are shown later in life. If ignorance is what they are subjected to, then they too will be ignoranate. Children see everything as odd, they are still discovering, they are blessed, for they hold no predjudes. They see man and woman kissing and find it gross, as with lima beans as discussed in earlier postings.
God, he sees all his children as equal, In him we live, and move, and have our being. This is what I find to be truth. God has no prejudges; only we do. God cannot know sin, for then God would be a sinner, for what the infinite mind knows must be. Sins are outside the province of reality. Thus Jesus knew.
I would like to thank some in the previous posts for keeping an open mind, for I find love between two people, regardless if man and woman, man and man or woman and woman, blessed by God.
I open my heart to God each day when I awaken, I see the beauty that he has put beforth me, and when I go to bed at night, I know he is with me......always. In him I live, move, love and have my being.