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Encourage Your Children in Their Uniqueness

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Gender Identity Dysphoria (GID or gender confusion) causes a person to become uncomfortable in their actual born gender. GID can be caused by a variety of reasons, including: low self-esteem, seeking same sex per acceptance, distant same sex parent, sexual/physical/verbal abuse, personality or obsessive disorder, etc. GID is not a one size fits all mentality. … Read more

The Collision Between Church, and Families, and Their Loved Ones in the LGBT

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The collision between the church, countless families, and their loved ones in the LGBT community continues to demonstrate the powerful impact, especially on Christian businesses, of the US Supreme Court’s re-definition of marriage to include same-sex unions. Christians who deny the legitimacy of or fail to affirm the homosexual lifestyle are routinely denounced as homophobic, … Read more

Let Your Speech Always be Gracious

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:6 (ESV) Megan called me one afternoon to share her concern for a female coworker who was transitioning to become a man. “She’s my friend,” Megan said, “She wants me to use her … Read more

Are You Really Alone?

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“I am not really alone, because the Father is with me.” John 16:32 (GNT) Have you ever been in that place? Being mindful of Christ Jesus’s presence can be difficult when our mind takes us in the direction of our pain. Feeling alone and distant from God after his daughter came out as transgender to … Read more

My Own Father Beleived

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The International Journal of Transgenderism has published evidence that many patients regret their sex-reassignment surgery when they discover that the surgery failed to solve their real problems. Some subjects confessed that they had second thoughts about having the surgery. However, because they feared that they might never get another chance at the surgery, they kept … Read more

Embracing Masculinity in a Changing Society

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I was waiting to board a flight when I noticed two young men that appeared to be a couple. One of the men appeared to be approximately 18 to 20 years old. He had a dark complication, black hair, and brown eyes. But perhaps most noticeable about him was the strong feminine body language he … Read more

When Transgender Behaviors Emerge in the Church

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When transgender behaviors emerge in a church, its members are often startled. Some become uncomfortable and confused. Church leaders are likely uncertain of how to respond. A basic question many ask is, “What does the Bible have to say on this matter?” The primary Bible verse that appears to address the issue of transgender behavior … Read more

As summer approaches, love is in the air

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As summer approaches, love is the air. Does this sound familiar? Love should be something expressed in each day of life. Loving someone as God loves us does not change, not in reality? Many have been told in no uncertain terms, if we don’t accept the decisions of a loved one in a same sex … Read more

He knows his mom’s love is ever present!

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He knows his mom’s love is ever present!

In the last few years, I’ve come to know Melissa and her family very well. I’ve witnessed firsthand the love she has for her son who lives the homosexual lifestyle. Several times, I’ve marveled at how her love for God grows steadily and how He strengthens her each day in each challenge she faces with her son, Jason. Melissa never seems to lose faith in God or her hope for the redemption of her son, who seems so far away from the God whose love pours down like rain over him.

Melissa’s family is continually challenged by the situations they face, but she never stops seeking God on her knees for her child and herself. She could have given up on God and the possibility of His redeeming love reaching into her son’s heart and drawing him close to the One who desires to heal the hurts he has experienced and the rejection he has felt. 

One day Melissa received a call from Jason, notifying her he was in jail and requesting that she pay his bail. She said no. “I always told him, if you end up in jail, don’t expect me to bail you out.” Can you imagine how her heart felt at that moment? Her son had broken the law, and she made a decision that broke her heart.

The world might ask, what kind of mother rejects her child’s bail request? I’d say, a tough mother who wanted her son to learn from the experience and who knew his need for Jesus Christ. Melissa knew her son needed to look to Jesus to be his Savior—not his mother.

During Jason’s incarceration, he witnessed much brokenness and saw what could happen to someone looking for an escape. Jason shared the needs of inmates who were transgender. He told Marissa, “you and Denise need come here. The desire to seek an escape can lead someone into a place that offers absolutely no fulfillment; it can lead to the death of the life God created each of us to have.

Melissa continues to shower love on her son and his friends who identify as homosexual. Not once have I seen her fail to love, in spite of her tears and broken heart. The passing years have brought many challenges for this mom and son. But when Jason needed someone to call, whom did he call? His mom.

The world tells us that if we don’t agree with a loved one’s decision to live gay or transgender, we will lose them. The reality is, our loved ones don’t belong to us. They belong to their Creator who asks us to show His love, comfort, forgiveness, and grace to them as He showers those gifts on us. Obviously, Jason felt Melissa’s love because he called her in his desperation. He knows his mom’s love is ever present!