"As part of our growth as Christians, we are at some stage called to share a testimony of what Christ has done in our lives and is doing. As a gay Christian guy, I am compelled to share my testimony with greater fervour so that the world may know that being gay and being a Christian is TOTALLY acceptable to Christ. "

I was reading a post on another website recently and i felt lead to share this with those of you , who may be going through similar. I've been a Christian for most of my life, in fact since Standard 6 which was about 13 years ago...so it was awhile ago :D Got involved in the schools Scripture Union Assoc and was involved in my churches youth music ministry. I had always known that I was different from the other kids...different in the sense that I was attracted to boys and not girls. This confused me terribly since I thought I "knew" the word and the feelings that I had/have conflicted with the word. So for the greater part of my life I denied who I was, who God created me to be. This wasn't very easy at all, living a life feeling very alone, like nobody understood me and still
having these feelings towards guys. I got to the point where i was crying out to God to "make me straight" because how could I live like this? Well, nothing happened...I still had those same feelings. Thoughts of suicide crossed my mind, but i could never get to the point where I would be able to do that. Something was holding me back from taking my own life and I now know that that was the Holy Spirit. One of the defining moments of my life was realising that God loves me just as i am. It took a while to get to that point, but when I did...my outlook on life changed.

You see I've come to learn and see that Gods hand has been upon me my whole life through situations where most people would've given up. God sustained me during those times. I am who God created me to be...Gay. God doesn't make mistakes and God didn't make a mistake when God created you and me. It is difficult to go through something like what i went through, but there are other people just like you and me who have been through the same feelings of being rejected and confused. There are man gay Christians all over the world, some who are afraid to embrace themselves and others who celebrate their faith being who they are. Know this...God created u, don't let anyone ever tell you that who you are is a sin. God loves u just the way you are...you are Gods child and God loves you beyond understanding.

My prayer is that those Christians who are reading this post and are afraid to embrace themselves...is that the fear may be released from your Spirit and that you will hear GOD's voice telling you that you are acceptable to God the way you are. Don't allow yourself to fall out of Gods grace...if your church doesn't accept you for being gay...come to Deo Gloria Family Church and experience God's joy, love and truth. Take time to sit and wait upon God. Listen to Gods voice telling you that God loves you as you are. Forget about what your minister may have preached from the pulpit regarding homosexuality and if you can't, then do some research... there are so many resources now available to help you.

God Bless You, my brothers and sisters in Christ.
Branden