In June, nations around the world celebrate Pride Month with parades, special events, and programs. Everyone is supposed to join the LGBT community in exalting a lifestyle and belief system that is diametrically opposed to scientific fact and biblical morality.
The LGBT community and its supporters want us to believe that homosexuality and transgenderism are practices that should be honored and exalted. What they don’t celebrate with rainbow flags and drag queens, though, is the countless families that have been fractured and often destroyed by one individual’s desire to live out a fantasy that can never bring them the significance and satisfaction they desire.
- What about the children who lose a father because he transitions to a female persona?
- What about the wife who loses a husband because he decides he wants to live with another man?
- What about the parents who are grieving the daughter they raised, the daughter who has adopted a male persona?
- What about grandparents who are prohibited from seeing their grandchildren because the grandparents don’t approve of their son or daughter’s homosexual or transgender lifestyle?
I don’t think any of that kind of pain, confusion, or disappointment is worth celebrating. God doesn’t celebrate it either. In fact, sin grieves His heart. When He saw the wickedness of the people living in Noah’s time, His heart was grieved (Genesis 6:6). When the Israelite nation disobeyed Him repeatedly in the wilderness, He was grieved (Psalm 78:40). When Jesus looked out over Jerusalem knowing His people would not accept Him as Messiah, he wept (Luke 19:41).
So when our culture tells me to celebrate a sinful lifestyle that destroys families, I can’t do it. Instead, I’m compelled to pray for those trapped in these lifestyles, these mindsets, and these lies Satan has convinced them to believe.
When we see rainbow flags and banners, Pride clothing and jewelry and books, we may feel anger bubbling inside us. That’s understandable, especially if we have a loved one ensnared in this lifestyle. But let’s not allow Satan to have that victory in our lives. Let’s not allow him to drive a wedge between us and God or between us and our loved one by watering that seed of anger.
Instead, let’s take that anger to God. He knows how we feel anyway. Ask Him to replace the anger with compassion. Invest time in prayer—not only for your loved one but also for the vulnerable kids and teens struggling with gender dysphoria, the unstable adults who think transitioning will solve their mental health issues, and the broken ones who pursue a homosexual relationship to compensate for other hurts. Pray that God will thwart the efforts of all those who are taking advantage of these at-risk individuals. Pray that He will intervene and rescue these hurting people from Satan.
Refuse to focus on the Pride merchandise and hype. Focus instead on the people who so desperately need the love God offers and the salvation Jesus died to give them. Make Pride Month Prayer Month.