Shari Johnson on why Christians should unconditionally love all, heterosexual and homosexual:
Love can’t be legislated, politicized, forced or faked. It comes from God. I have said many times that change will come one heart at a time, and only God can change a heart—if we will just get out of God's way.
That says it all. She was an evangelical Christian whose adult daughter came out as gay. Her understanding changed as she struggled to love her daughter and wrestle with church dogma.
I begged God to change her. But instead, God changed me.
God loves all. We need to do the same. That is why the Lord commanded his followers to do exactly that - love others as we would wish to loved. He even said this will be how his followers will be recognizable in John 13: 34-45.
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Those who truly follow and love the Lord know that we must be beacons of love for all, including those our fellow Christians have found some excuse not to love. Bless you, Shari, for your witness.
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