Doin' It Right

 

Doin’ It Right

^{John 2:1} “And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:² And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.³ And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.”

^{John 2:11 “}This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.”

^{Ephesians 5:25 “}Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;²⁶ That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,²⁷ That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

^{Leviticus 20:13 “}If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”

     I didn’t make the rules.  You can’t hold this one against me.  I have seen the perversion this twisting beholds as I rode in a car one day.

     He said, “Did you drink from that cup?”  I said, “Yes.”  His body was feverish as his hands were upon the wheel.  A gentle man he could be but now found him pounding a frustrated rhythm on his expensive organ.  The man John Helgerson had turned into a sort of Jekyll Hide.  He was scary to be around.  I spent but a few days at his home farm while his days drew to a close.  See, John Helgerson had contracted AIDS.  Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.  He had a proud lifestyle of rebellion, flirting with order.  He seemed a child wrapped in a boyish smirk.  Maybe the stick never got close to his behind.  Maybe he was just left to go his way.

     The rod of God will surely drive the foolishness out of the heart of a child.  Homosexuality they say is a disease and so it is.  Maybe if a child grows without boundaries, his sexual tendencies stray also.  Flesh is flesh.  This is but one ailment one suffers.  When the monster welds its head, the swell must be quenched.  Not the case with John Helgerson.  He died in diapers.

     Hope Lynam (once Cvrk) did it right.  She brought the families together in a most noble time.  Many pictures document the event in a garden of flowers in Sioux City, Iowa.  Her marriage to Elijah Lynam, officiated by Dale Lynam, her father-in-law, was grand.  Dale, who wed the two, drew up many scriptures citing the healthy understanding of marriage and what it was under God.  I praised him at the end saying, “You truly are anointed!”  Chosen by God to declare His truth, Dale did not hold back.

     It is God who invented marriage.  We are the ones who have the opportunity to corrupt it.  It is an abomination, a grievous evil, to pollute the image He set in store for our health.  Man not with man.  Woman not with woman.  Perverted sin reaps a twisting of souls that we cannot fully understand.  If you want to screw up a child, tell them he is a product of two dad’s or two wombs have birthed by ignorance.

     My soapbox?  No, I only approve of what God approves of.  I feel for the ones who can only find comfort in their one sex.  Intimacy in vulnerability as one lays down their guard for another to enter in.  Sexual abuse knows no bounds.  Scars in the past ripple to present.  Women with women only trusting the ones who will not hurt.  So, I understand this little. Our Lord’s compassion does not stop with the gay label.  On the contrary, He smiles upon the one reaching for help.

     Prison is prison.  Gnashing of teeth is felt when one betrays the inner bent.  We are all conceived with a gender spirit.  Some fall to either ends of the spectrum, but alas we are tied in mystery to the gender He has birthed us.

     What makes a man a man and a woman a woman?  Tendencies.

     There is a lot more to be said with this issue.  Sexual identity lies at the core of our being.  How we perceive ourselves matters.  It is God who perceives us rightly.