Same Sex Attraction

As a young girl, I often heard stories of the child-hood of my parents and their fun, youthful adventures. The things that they would do are a little bit different than what we do today. But, I loved listening to stories, and even the stories my grandparents would share with their perspective of what happened with the same stories.....it's funny how things can be twisted depending on who is speaking. With story telling, came comparing the two time periods. I can remember thinking to myself at times, "Just forget already, times change, things are different now." That lovely teenager of me. But at other times I remember pondering on the differences and the drastic changes that have taken place, and wondering, "how did that happen so fast?" One of those topics was of same sex attraction and marriage as it became acceptable in our society. When my parents were teenagers, this topic was almost unspeakable. It was shameful to be attracted to your same gender, and quite frankly, looked down upon. That is quite the contrast from what we face today.

I strongly believe that God, our loving Heavenly Father designed marriage to be between a man and a woman. In the world today, we see many circumstances of same sex attraction. In my class this week we discussed this topic with videos and articles. One topic that intrigued me was of receiving help to take steps in a healing process, to change and better understand why one feels attracted to his or her own gender. In the video that we saw, men expressed that they were able to receive that help, and are now attracted to women. When they were first feeling those same gender attractions, they didn't understand. They said that they we not born "gay". I find it incredible that there are resources for help and aid, if one so desires. We can indeed change our desires. Studies show that helping to improve and strengthen relationships in one's life, is a huge step in process. I know that God has ordained the family to built and founded with a mother and a father present. As we loose this, and stray from it, we are loosing the family.

Other studies have shown that possible contributing factors to same sex attraction are wounded gender identity, bullying, father hunger, mother confusion, inappropriate touch and pornography.
Each of us is a beloved son or daughter of Heavenly Father. We have infinite worth in his eyes. And he loves each of us. Men and women with same gender attraction are no less than heterosexuals. We must remember that they are children of God. Be sensitive to them and do not belittle.

I know that God has a plan for us. I know that he loves us, and understands our needs, after all we are His children.