My best friend in the world has been coming to church with me and it's been amazing. She's originally a Catholic, but she's been coming with me to a Christian church and has been loving it. She started living her life by Christ and is doing awesome. She even told me she wanted to get baptized! I was so excited, I invited everyone. But something happened. Yesterday we were at a Christian concert and she asked if a guy my parents were friends with from church was gay. I told her, "No, because that goes against the Bible. And he would never go against the Bible like that." She just looked at me and said, "I don't believe that." I was confused. "What don't you believe?" I ask. She replied with, "That the Bible would say that being gay is bad." I just looked at her. "It does. I promise." I said. "Well, I don't believe that then." She replied. I was starting to get a little mad then and said, "You don't believe the Bible?" She looked at me and said, "Yes, I do." And I said, "But you don't believe that." "Right." "So, you don't believe that Bible." This was a part that shocked me. "Not that part, no." I was shocked. I got up right then and walked over to my mom and told her. She told me not argue with her about it, to just finish the concert. So, I went back to my seat and sat there. I didn't have fun during the last part. I couldn't. I felt horrible. I felt like I wanted to start sobbing. My best friend. The one who was becoming this great Christian girl and wanted to get baptized doesn't believe the Bible. God's word.
When we got to the car, I pulled out my iPhone and went to the Bible app. I got to the verse where it talks about playing with homosexuality. I showed it to her. "I never said it wasn't there. I just said I don't believe that. Just because it was once said, doesn't mean it will always be true." She said. Again, I was shocked. I said, "I can't believe you would even say that. That really bothers me. It makes me sad." And she didn't reply.
Later that night, I texted her a verse that says God will never change his mind. Or something of that sorts. She replied with, "You really need to stop preaching to me. You're being really judgemental. I'm growing up in a home where it doesn't matter if you're black, white, Asian, gay, lesbian, whatever. Love is love. And God loves everyone. Stop preaching to me. I believe what I believe. And you're really making me mad." I started crying again. I had spent two hours looking up verses to give to her that night. I wrote them all down and everything. I felt really hurt. I texted her back saying, "I'm not being judgemental. I'm telling you what the Bible says. Homosexuality is a sin. If you think that this means that God hates homosexuals, that's not it at all. He loves them as much as he loves anybody. What he hates it the sin. And it always will be a sin. It was before, it is today, and will be still forever. God doesn't change his mind. And I'm making you mad, well you're making me feel horrible. Hurt. Sad."
She never replied.
I really need help on how to handle this. I was going to explain to her that homosexuality isn't about love. Like, I can love her without being a lesbian. Because love is friendship. When it becomes more than friendship, then it becomes homosexuality. And then it's not about love anymore. It's about sex.
She doesn't see that I'm just trying to help her.
I really need help.
When we got to the car, I pulled out my iPhone and went to the Bible app. I got to the verse where it talks about playing with homosexuality. I showed it to her. "I never said it wasn't there. I just said I don't believe that. Just because it was once said, doesn't mean it will always be true." She said. Again, I was shocked. I said, "I can't believe you would even say that. That really bothers me. It makes me sad." And she didn't reply.
Later that night, I texted her a verse that says God will never change his mind. Or something of that sorts. She replied with, "You really need to stop preaching to me. You're being really judgemental. I'm growing up in a home where it doesn't matter if you're black, white, Asian, gay, lesbian, whatever. Love is love. And God loves everyone. Stop preaching to me. I believe what I believe. And you're really making me mad." I started crying again. I had spent two hours looking up verses to give to her that night. I wrote them all down and everything. I felt really hurt. I texted her back saying, "I'm not being judgemental. I'm telling you what the Bible says. Homosexuality is a sin. If you think that this means that God hates homosexuals, that's not it at all. He loves them as much as he loves anybody. What he hates it the sin. And it always will be a sin. It was before, it is today, and will be still forever. God doesn't change his mind. And I'm making you mad, well you're making me feel horrible. Hurt. Sad."
She never replied.
I really need help on how to handle this. I was going to explain to her that homosexuality isn't about love. Like, I can love her without being a lesbian. Because love is friendship. When it becomes more than friendship, then it becomes homosexuality. And then it's not about love anymore. It's about sex.
She doesn't see that I'm just trying to help her.
I really need help.
