I was recently reminded of the scripture that speaks about being fearfully and wonderfully made by God (Psalm 139:14). What did the author mean as he was writing this Psalm? What experience would provoke him to us the works fearfully and wonderfully? I could not help but to think about all my fellow gay brothers and sisters who need to here this message. Not that it is limited to a certain group, but for me, I feel that my location in which I sense God’s calling is within the gay and lesbian community around spiritual reconciliation. So many have walked away or have been pushed away from the faith. This is a shame, which drives me to continue speaking out on this blog as well as other avenues when opportunities arise. Not only do I pray that God continue to direct my path in fulfilling my calling, but most of all, may you follow God concerning your path that God has planned for you.
As I meditated on what it mean to be fearfully and wonderfully made by God, I thought of what the psalmist stated in the scripture, “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” I thought to myself do I praise God enough thinking about that He created me. I also thought about debunking the lie told to many gay and lesbians by family, friends, pastors, priests, rabbis, churches and denominations indicating that they were not created “wonderfully” by God and that they were not born gay, it was a choice – to which I ask why would anyone voluntarily choose to be a minority in a majority society, not to mention a sexual minority that is considered deviant, disgusting, and immoral - with limited rights in several places, not to mention the propensity of being hate crime targets? But the truth that I have arrived at is that all of God’s gay and lesbians children are wonderfully made and God called all of his creation good in the Genesis account of creation. If God called all of his creation good, who are the moral majority police, who supposedly have a monopoly on values, to tell someone that they were not created good. The last time I checked, God did not make mistakes in his creation, but to listen to the so called morality agents of our day, God made a huge mistake with the creation of gays and lesbians. Seeing and hearing this proves that there is much work – in term of educating and praying - to do within the Christian church. As I am writing this reflection, I am also wondering what did the psalmist mean when he wrote “fearfully”? Fearful in the sense that God is all powerful and I should fear the one who has creation power? It’s an interesting word within context in which I will continue to mediate.
I leave you with these words: The hands of God formed you. The breath of God filled. The mind of God will guide you if you allow it.
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