Even as a Christian, I have Even as a Christian, I have no problems with homosexuality. As far as I know there’s not a commandment against homosexuality.
I personally think homosexuality is a tool that God is using to complete a larger work that we can’t comprehend.
ESPECIALLY as a Christian I ESPECIALLY as a Christian I have no problems with homosexuality 😉 Apart from that correction, I agree with you, Cullen. Homophobes are constantly insulting God’s creation and accusing him of having made a mistake. Wonderful article 🙂
Tim White
I believe in the sincerity of I believe in the sincerity of your beliefs and lifestyle – but neither sincerity, nor popularity are the tests of Truth – especially for someone claiming to be first of all a “Christian”. Truth, Like God doesn’t change – and the consequences (good or bad) are eternally attached to the choices we make. God DOES love you and your “wife”, and He wants you both “who claim to be His followers to obey what He has commanded, Then you will know the truth and that truth will set you free” – John 8:31-32. In Christ’s mercy and love. — Tim
Claire
Tim, instead of beating Tim, instead of beating around the bush, please just come out and say you disagree.
Cheryel Lemley-McRoy
Tim, I believed as you do Tim, I believed as you do until I began to study the Bible in Hebrew.
God isn’t talking about homosexuals(sarisim) in the Bible, He’s talking about Baal temple sex workers(kadeshim). It changed my mind. I now see homosexuality as we do left handed people, a recessive trait. You’re heterosexual because of your mother’s hormone levels in your gestation. You had no choice in that matter. God created you straight and He created some people gay. And He will judge us on the love we have for each other.
Kelly
Ok I’m a christian and I have Ok I’m a christian and I have my king james bible, my dad’s bible (which was from 1965) and the catholic bible. I have looked up everything concerning homosexuality in all three. First and for most the 1965 bible has nothing about homosexuality. In mine it does but to look at the scripture of each one I’ve noticed that they are not the same. The definition in them are not the same. Nor is it the same in the catholic bible. So what does this mean? It means mans hand has taken over and put in their own believe and not that of Gods word. But there is one thing through out the bible that has stayed the same. Do not judge ye the be judged for no man is cleaned from sin. Just like christians in the beginning, they where judged and told they where wrong, because they did not fit into what others think and believe. We are at another crossroad with the same thing only this time it has to do with same sex love and marriage.The old saying those who live in glass houses should not cast stones. Well to everyone who is against samesex relationships you will be judged in the end.
Nick Hudson
And His commandments? And His commandments?
-Love the Lord, God, with all your heart, mind, and soul.
-Love your neighbor as yourself.
I read nothing about homosexuality.
How can you tell me that LOVING someone is wrong?
Vincent
Tim, I am a Christian, an Tim, I am a Christian, an ordained priest in God’s Holy Church. How dare you use your narrow understanding of God to limit his love for his creation? I will pray for you and suggest strongly that you pray for your eternal soul.
Heather
Tim – just because YOU haven Tim – just because YOU haven’t the insight to be able to validate their and commitment to Christ, nor the wisdom to understand the truth in the validity of their relationship (even in God’s eyes), neither are diminished. See, they don’t need your approval or acceptance for their commitment to their lord or each other – they’ve already received it from the only one who matters. People like you should take the time to prayerfully delve into whether or not the Bible (or God, for that matter) really does condemn homosexuality between loving consensual adults…not just take the hateful rhetoric of old to be law…
Tim, God may not change, but Tim, God may not change, but human teachings about God change all the time. We’ve been wrong so often; I prefer to take Jesus at His word, and judge by fruits. Loving relationships bear good fruit, and this communicates to me that if we think something is wrong with them, that is our problem, not theirs.
If she’s wrong, well, what of it? We’re all wrong, frequently and persistently, and there is forgiveness of sins. But looking at her, and at other couples I’ve known, I do not think she is wrong, nor can I pretend to think so without disobeying clear instructions on how to discern truth.
martha
thank you .. thank you thank you .. thank you
Debra
This story was just what I This story was just what I needed! Everything Kori said seemed to ring true with me as well. I too am a lesbian in the south and I have been with my partner for 2 1/2 years. We moved in together 6 months ago and came out and that’s when my struggle started. I feel like everywhere I look, the world is screaming I’m going to hell for this love. And when you hear that enough, you start to believe it. I love God and I seek him every day. When Kori said she kept coming back to “Do you believe God made her just for you,” I started crying. God made me who I am and it’s not going to be easy walking this road, but our love is worth the fight. She is definitely the one God made for me!
slh
I too am a Christian and a I too am a Christian and a lesbian, in a committed relationship with both Jesus Christ and my wife. I was raised in church and have studied the Bible as an adult, nowhere in it tells me that I am going to hell. The old testament had the 10 commandments, none of which addressed homosexuality. The new testament teaches that the Only Way to God the Father (heaven) is through His Son. It doesn’t add, but not if you’re homosexual. We all have sinned and fallen short from the glory of God. For example: if everyone who overeats (gluttony) was kept out of heaven because it went against God’s teaching, then a lot of Americans, straight and gay would be going to hell. Lets NOT judge one another, that is not our job as Christians. It is to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. I was raised Southern Baptist and was taught and believe, once saved always saved. The only way to lose your salvation is to deny Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. If this teaching is true, me and a multitude of other homosexuals will be in heaven with you.
Meghan
First, I am straight and First, I am straight and happily married to a wonderful man who I adore with my whole heart. We met when I was 18 and our life just sort of fell into place and our relationship is an easy one. I am a christian but that role doesn’t come easily to me and I don’t put Him first as often as I should. So when I read what you so beautifully wrote, I can’t help but be awed and a little envious. How much stronger is your faith because of the adversity you’ve faced? How much more precious is your spouse because you’ve fought for her?
It is my firm belief that your marriage is beautiful in His eyes. God bless!
Stacy Goulding
Kori- Kori-
I was very happy to stumble acrossed your message today. I am a 30 year old lesbian also living in the beautiful state of Texas. I just recently found god and could not be happier to finally have him in my life. He has shown me multiple times over the past 6 months that he is there for me. I am also in love with a gorgeous woman that yes……God made just for me. Our love is amazing, and deep, I am truly in love with my best friend. We are VERY accepted by our friends and family, however my future with this woman is uncertain because she struggles not only with being out in the Community but also with God. She can not find the peace she seeks with God. I have come to accept that God loves me, he made me this way, and in this horrible sinful world we live in we could use a lot more loving, caring, respectful relationships like the one I want with this woman for the rest of my life. There are many things to over come for our relationship of several years to survive for 50 more. But i know that we are strong enough to over come anything together, and pray that God can bring her the peace that you, I and your wife have found. Thank you so much for posting this inspirational story. God Bless
Vicky
Stacy, have you seen www Stacy, have you seen http://www.thechristiancloset.com? Candice Czubernat has dedicated her life to helping people just like you and your partner reconcile their relationship with God. She is amazing. Hope it is appropriate to share this info.
Lynda Mounts
Kori, it was such a joy to Kori, it was such a joy to witness you and Becky say”I do” to each other that beautiful day almost three years ago! My joy is enlarged watching your love for Christ and each other grow stronger over time. Like you, I have been blessed to find the woman God has prepared for me, and look forward to the time she and I will be able to stand before God, family and friends to exchange our wedding vows. Blessings, dear sister and friend!
Alyssa
Good for you two! I hope you Good for you two! I hope you’re very happy! God bless!
Kori – Thank you for your Kori – Thank you for your contribution and willingness to be vulnerable and open your life’s story. You are role model of hope for others!
Wanted to give an update to Wanted to give an update to our story here – Kori and I are expecting our first child. Andrew Ashton will be born within the next four weeks or so. Very Excited! Very Blessed. Thank you, everyone, for the kind words and encouragement.
Beth
Aw! Shoot, if YOU can find Aw! Shoot, if YOU can find your soul-mate in Texas then I think I will be fine in Oklahoma! I want to find a Christian gal! Or at least a very spiritual person (could be transgender, I’m not picky) so that we can go on our spiritual journey TOGETHER. :3 Thank you for keeping faith and writing this blog, this has given me hope!
Lauren
God bless! God bless!
I stumbled on your page searching for pictures of crafts for Sunday school on prayer. Your beautiful picture came up and I was wondering what Google had found.
Thank you for your wonderful story! And I am saddened by your struggles to find a church, support and acceptance. I know that isn’t the church Jesus wanted us to build on this earth. As Jesus answered, the greatest to commandment is to love God followed by loving our neighbors.
We will be sure to pray for love, for everyone, and that the church may be the one to lead that plight.
God bless you both in life together.
Comments (22)
Cullen
Even as a Christian, I have
Even as a Christian, I have no problems with homosexuality. As far as I know there’s not a commandment against homosexuality.
I personally think homosexuality is a tool that God is using to complete a larger work that we can’t comprehend.
Congratulations, Kori.
Karen McFly
ESPECIALLY as a Christian I
ESPECIALLY as a Christian I have no problems with homosexuality 😉 Apart from that correction, I agree with you, Cullen. Homophobes are constantly insulting God’s creation and accusing him of having made a mistake. Wonderful article 🙂
Tim White
I believe in the sincerity of
I believe in the sincerity of your beliefs and lifestyle – but neither sincerity, nor popularity are the tests of Truth – especially for someone claiming to be first of all a “Christian”. Truth, Like God doesn’t change – and the consequences (good or bad) are eternally attached to the choices we make. God DOES love you and your “wife”, and He wants you both “who claim to be His followers to obey what He has commanded, Then you will know the truth and that truth will set you free” – John 8:31-32. In Christ’s mercy and love. — Tim
Claire
Tim, instead of beating
Tim, instead of beating around the bush, please just come out and say you disagree.
Cheryel Lemley-McRoy
Tim, I believed as you do
Tim, I believed as you do until I began to study the Bible in Hebrew.
God isn’t talking about homosexuals(sarisim) in the Bible, He’s talking about Baal temple sex workers(kadeshim). It changed my mind. I now see homosexuality as we do left handed people, a recessive trait. You’re heterosexual because of your mother’s hormone levels in your gestation. You had no choice in that matter. God created you straight and He created some people gay. And He will judge us on the love we have for each other.
Kelly
Ok I’m a christian and I have
Ok I’m a christian and I have my king james bible, my dad’s bible (which was from 1965) and the catholic bible. I have looked up everything concerning homosexuality in all three. First and for most the 1965 bible has nothing about homosexuality. In mine it does but to look at the scripture of each one I’ve noticed that they are not the same. The definition in them are not the same. Nor is it the same in the catholic bible. So what does this mean? It means mans hand has taken over and put in their own believe and not that of Gods word. But there is one thing through out the bible that has stayed the same. Do not judge ye the be judged for no man is cleaned from sin. Just like christians in the beginning, they where judged and told they where wrong, because they did not fit into what others think and believe. We are at another crossroad with the same thing only this time it has to do with same sex love and marriage.The old saying those who live in glass houses should not cast stones. Well to everyone who is against samesex relationships you will be judged in the end.
Nick Hudson
And His commandments?
And His commandments?
-Love the Lord, God, with all your heart, mind, and soul.
-Love your neighbor as yourself.
I read nothing about homosexuality.
How can you tell me that LOVING someone is wrong?
Vincent
Tim, I am a Christian, an
Tim, I am a Christian, an ordained priest in God’s Holy Church. How dare you use your narrow understanding of God to limit his love for his creation? I will pray for you and suggest strongly that you pray for your eternal soul.
Heather
Tim – just because YOU haven
Tim – just because YOU haven’t the insight to be able to validate their and commitment to Christ, nor the wisdom to understand the truth in the validity of their relationship (even in God’s eyes), neither are diminished. See, they don’t need your approval or acceptance for their commitment to their lord or each other – they’ve already received it from the only one who matters. People like you should take the time to prayerfully delve into whether or not the Bible (or God, for that matter) really does condemn homosexuality between loving consensual adults…not just take the hateful rhetoric of old to be law…
seebs
Tim, God may not change, but
Tim, God may not change, but human teachings about God change all the time. We’ve been wrong so often; I prefer to take Jesus at His word, and judge by fruits. Loving relationships bear good fruit, and this communicates to me that if we think something is wrong with them, that is our problem, not theirs.
If she’s wrong, well, what of it? We’re all wrong, frequently and persistently, and there is forgiveness of sins. But looking at her, and at other couples I’ve known, I do not think she is wrong, nor can I pretend to think so without disobeying clear instructions on how to discern truth.
martha
thank you .. thank you
thank you .. thank you
Debra
This story was just what I
This story was just what I needed! Everything Kori said seemed to ring true with me as well. I too am a lesbian in the south and I have been with my partner for 2 1/2 years. We moved in together 6 months ago and came out and that’s when my struggle started. I feel like everywhere I look, the world is screaming I’m going to hell for this love. And when you hear that enough, you start to believe it. I love God and I seek him every day. When Kori said she kept coming back to “Do you believe God made her just for you,” I started crying. God made me who I am and it’s not going to be easy walking this road, but our love is worth the fight. She is definitely the one God made for me!
slh
I too am a Christian and a
I too am a Christian and a lesbian, in a committed relationship with both Jesus Christ and my wife. I was raised in church and have studied the Bible as an adult, nowhere in it tells me that I am going to hell. The old testament had the 10 commandments, none of which addressed homosexuality. The new testament teaches that the Only Way to God the Father (heaven) is through His Son. It doesn’t add, but not if you’re homosexual. We all have sinned and fallen short from the glory of God. For example: if everyone who overeats (gluttony) was kept out of heaven because it went against God’s teaching, then a lot of Americans, straight and gay would be going to hell. Lets NOT judge one another, that is not our job as Christians. It is to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. I was raised Southern Baptist and was taught and believe, once saved always saved. The only way to lose your salvation is to deny Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. If this teaching is true, me and a multitude of other homosexuals will be in heaven with you.
Meghan
First, I am straight and
First, I am straight and happily married to a wonderful man who I adore with my whole heart. We met when I was 18 and our life just sort of fell into place and our relationship is an easy one. I am a christian but that role doesn’t come easily to me and I don’t put Him first as often as I should. So when I read what you so beautifully wrote, I can’t help but be awed and a little envious. How much stronger is your faith because of the adversity you’ve faced? How much more precious is your spouse because you’ve fought for her?
It is my firm belief that your marriage is beautiful in His eyes. God bless!
Stacy Goulding
Kori-
Kori-
I was very happy to stumble acrossed your message today. I am a 30 year old lesbian also living in the beautiful state of Texas. I just recently found god and could not be happier to finally have him in my life. He has shown me multiple times over the past 6 months that he is there for me. I am also in love with a gorgeous woman that yes……God made just for me. Our love is amazing, and deep, I am truly in love with my best friend. We are VERY accepted by our friends and family, however my future with this woman is uncertain because she struggles not only with being out in the Community but also with God. She can not find the peace she seeks with God. I have come to accept that God loves me, he made me this way, and in this horrible sinful world we live in we could use a lot more loving, caring, respectful relationships like the one I want with this woman for the rest of my life. There are many things to over come for our relationship of several years to survive for 50 more. But i know that we are strong enough to over come anything together, and pray that God can bring her the peace that you, I and your wife have found. Thank you so much for posting this inspirational story. God Bless
Vicky
Stacy, have you seen www
Stacy, have you seen http://www.thechristiancloset.com? Candice Czubernat has dedicated her life to helping people just like you and your partner reconcile their relationship with God. She is amazing. Hope it is appropriate to share this info.
Lynda Mounts
Kori, it was such a joy to
Kori, it was such a joy to witness you and Becky say”I do” to each other that beautiful day almost three years ago! My joy is enlarged watching your love for Christ and each other grow stronger over time. Like you, I have been blessed to find the woman God has prepared for me, and look forward to the time she and I will be able to stand before God, family and friends to exchange our wedding vows. Blessings, dear sister and friend!
Alyssa
Good for you two! I hope you
Good for you two! I hope you’re very happy! God bless!
Todd Ferrell
Kori – Thank you for your
Kori – Thank you for your contribution and willingness to be vulnerable and open your life’s story. You are role model of hope for others!
Todd Ferrell, President
The Evangelical Network
Becky Ashton
Wanted to give an update to
Wanted to give an update to our story here – Kori and I are expecting our first child. Andrew Ashton will be born within the next four weeks or so. Very Excited! Very Blessed. Thank you, everyone, for the kind words and encouragement.
Beth
Aw! Shoot, if YOU can find
Aw! Shoot, if YOU can find your soul-mate in Texas then I think I will be fine in Oklahoma! I want to find a Christian gal! Or at least a very spiritual person (could be transgender, I’m not picky) so that we can go on our spiritual journey TOGETHER. :3 Thank you for keeping faith and writing this blog, this has given me hope!
Lauren
God bless!
God bless!
I stumbled on your page searching for pictures of crafts for Sunday school on prayer. Your beautiful picture came up and I was wondering what Google had found.
Thank you for your wonderful story! And I am saddened by your struggles to find a church, support and acceptance. I know that isn’t the church Jesus wanted us to build on this earth. As Jesus answered, the greatest to commandment is to love God followed by loving our neighbors.
We will be sure to pray for love, for everyone, and that the church may be the one to lead that plight.
God bless you both in life together.
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