The Fine, Painful Line
The Fine, Painful Line
When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy. (Ps. 94:19)
My sister Barb and her husband, Clint, worked hard to send their children to college. Their youngest daughter Gina’s grades were good, and she received a scholarship for tuition from a state university, but they paid for books, room and board, and other expenses. Unfortunately, the university had some extremely liberal professors who pushed their own agenda. And Gina soon discovered that her roommate was gay.
Far from the influence of her Christian parents and the church in which she grew up, Gina became involved in the homosexual lifestyle. During her junior year she arrived home for spring break. She made the crushing announcement to her parents that she was gay.
“How do I handle this?” Barb asked tearfully one evening after Gina went out with friends. “If I remind her what God’s Word says, she’ll think I’m condemning her. But if I’m too accepting, am I condoning something the Bible clearly says is sin?”
Five years later Barb and Clint’s state legalized homosexual “marriage,” and Gina and her partner recently “married.” Barb and Clint are still walking the fine, painful line between letting their daughter know they love her and accept her as a person without agreeing to her chosen lifestyle.
Over the years our culture has gone from keeping homosexuality in the closet to glorifying it in public. Yet God’s Word clearly states that homosexuality is a sin. And sin, any sin, causes pain. Discovering a child is gay can be devastating to parents. If you know someone in this situation, pray for God to intervene. He is stronger than any sin, and His capacity to forgive and restore is infinite.