I am not a homosexual. I have never struggled with same sex attraction. I am in a heterosexual marriage. I deal with lust. I pray for God’s strength so I do not act upon this temptation. Most men I know struggle with heterosexual lust. Lots of women do too.
I shepherd people. I counsel adults through their marriage issues. I counsel young people through lust and sexual temptation.
From my experience and most everyone I counsel it seems heterosexual lust is a far bigger issue than homosexual lust. Many people from my generation struggle to live repentant lives on the heterosexual lust issue. I think it’s hard to argue against this point.
We all do plenty of sinning, I know I do. I have to confess and repent daily (or at least I should be!). I think any conversation of gay marriage, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and lust in general is very difficult to move forward in our times. I think this may not be due primarily because ”homosexuality” is the difficult word, or “lust,” is the difficult word, but because fundamentally “sin” itself has become a taboo topic for a people (U.S.A. culture) who don’t believe they are sinners.
Perhaps the voice of Christians to speak boldly against sin (pick whatever sin you want, you can borrow one from my long list I commit daily) is growing quieter, because Christians are losing the battle against sin in their own hearts.
Disclaimer: I am a sinner. So realize, you’re going to need to read this through gracious lens willing to overlook my lack of wisdom and bibical discernment. Any comment that is mean-spirited or ungracious will be deleted, so don’t even bother.
