Originally posted by KinkGuy@Jan 28 2005, 02:57 PM
Freddie,
You have certainly made my day (week, month year!
. Thank you for your kind loving words. About 5 years ago I cut them out of my life as much as possible, which they don't understand?!?!?! Now they just try to get to me through my Mother, but she doesn't let them accomplish much. I have an incredible partner in my life and we will celebrate 8 years together in March. It's funny but his working class, small mid-western family loves me, embraces me and makes me part of the family. His mom introduced me one day as her "son in law" while my educated, white collar, minister, college professor littered family is so judgemental, mean and ignorant. I don't see "reconcilliation" anywhere on the horizon, but should they ever really want to get to know me again and explore my beliefs, faith and life, that door shall remain open, but they will have to be the ones to walk through it. I'm not going back into hiding for anyone!
Freddie, I am proud and happy to know you.
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I am so glad you are not alone. I pray that you two will have a long time together and are together as long as you both are still alive.
King David loves Jonathan the son of KIng Saul as he had not loved any woman! I think I quoted that right. Anyway, it is obvious what kind of love it was. Johnathan was killed in battle. David upon becoming King sent out a search party to find Jonathan's son. He found him and brought him to the palace. The son was crippled. For the rest of KIng David's life, Jonathan ate all his meals at the table with King David.
Isn't that a wonderful story! And it came right out of.......the Bible.
Feel free to e-mail me anytime. I see your father is a minister. If you are not in a church and are considering getting back in church, I suggest the Episcopal Church or the Presbyterian USA, or the United Church of Christ, not the fundy Church of Christ mostly in the South.
You and your partner would be welcome in most of those churches as well as most urban United Methodist Churches. Rural Methodist ones aren't so open generally.
I know how much you have been taught the Bible, but then the version that your father taught may be a tad bit or mountains away from the version that I read and understand.
The bottom line is a relationship with God as He has been revealed to you. That in a nutshell is it. As long as you don't get God confused with something else you have it made in the shade.
And thanks for those wonderful words, yes we can be friends for a lifetime. I am glad that I touched your heart.
As a Christian, I feel like I have helped more people on the forum then I helped in all my years in the church. But as you know Jesus spent his time on the "forums in his day" more than at the synagogue.
Jesus was really a swell guy. Shame that some spout such hatred in his name. Jesus never did. Regardless what people may think about Him being devine, no doubt hatred was not his game.
Would you tell God to forgive some soldiers that were nailing nails in your hands? Jesus did.
Stick with the Gospels for a while. That is where the heart of Christianity lies in the Bible. They deal with Jesus. The rest of the Bible deals with other people.
And welcome as a new friend of mine. I feel honored.
