Homosexuality
Is it morally wrong to love someone of the same sex? Can Christians agree to homosexual marriages when the bible clearly states that homosexuality is a sin?
Questions
a dialogue with God.
Jan 26
Nov 17
Mature goofball
Can such a man exist?
Nov 15
Justice?
a 13 year old girl in Somalia was gang raped and then stoned to death after she reported it.
I understand pain, suffering or injustice can be a catalyst for many positive changes. It can bring people together. It can make you appreciate what you have.
There are people with terminal illness that draw an incredible amount of strength from their faith that is so inspiring that it’s hard for me to deny it as the truth.
And the Bible has psalms replete with verses that God is close to the brokenhearted.
But sometimes I’m just not comforted by any of this. There’s no thing that can justify what’s happened to the 13 year old or any victim of random acts of violence. How do I reconcile this with my faith in a loving benevolent God? Even retribution is not enough because it would never bring her back.
heartache
I’m currently a graduate student.
I am swamped with work but I feel distracted and unmotivated to do my work tonight. This whole semester has been so half-assed because I feel distraught about bigger questions that render my own ambitions and dreams meaningless.
I looked forward to grad school because I’m trying to change to a more enjoyable career. My whole life I just set goals and did whatever I could do attain them…whether it’d be something simply as traveling to a country I always wanted to visit or pursuing the job with the bigger paycheck.
But being here in grad school and removed from my friends and fresh out of a relationship, I realized for the first time in my life that everything I did means nothing if I didn’t have love…whether it’d be love toward my parents or people who annoyed me, or with that someone to have and to hold and mostly toward God.
that reminds me of 1st Corinthian where Paul said if he gave all he had to the poor and surrendered to flames but have not love, he gained nothing…and if he figured out all of life’s mysteries but have not love he’s still nothing.
wow. what does it mean to love then? to have given everything and still fall short?
I want to ask these questions as an outlet for my heartache, frustrations, disappointment and confusion. Hopefully it’ll help me feel better to write it all out so I could focus on doing work for grad school….and hopefully, I’ll find the answers along the way.
