Oh Yeah.... God loves us... it's important !

For many people who have struggeled to come to terms with their sexuality,there can be many issues around self esteem.
Some folks are conscious of having lived or still living with at least this one area of their sexuality lived firmly in the shadows, afraid to be known. For others coming out has not been easy, and doesn't always reflect the social success story which others have trumpeted.Still others are happy enough with no great problem about saying they are gay. Yet here too some come to realise that this alone is not the source of fulfillment in their lives.

Well get this, at the heart of the Christian Gospel is an incredible love that embraces every part of us. Whether we feel we must live in the shadows, or come out multi-colour, we are known and loved for who we truly are. I don't know if you read the bible.

It's worth doing, and the psalms are written by people who were dead honest about how they felt, or what they understood about God, and his relation to us. Like in Psalm 139, we are reminded that God knew us from before we were born, and he Knows us and loves us still, come what may.

I was listening to a great song on an album called AWAKENING. It's by a crowd call Passion who run conferences in the States. Well this song was written by John Mark McMillan, and sung by the David Crowder band. Here are the words,( at times they might seem a bit religious if your not used to them, but I think they still ring true), take a moment to let them sink in they are about God and his love for us, and ....I believe so true.

He is jealous for me.Loves like a hurricane. I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
And all of a sudden I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory.
And I realise just how beautiful you are And how great your affections are for me.
Oh How He loves us, Oh How he loves us

And we are His portion and and we are His prize. Drawn to redemption by the Grace in His eyes.
If His Grace is an ocean we're all sinking. And heaven meets earth like an unseen kiss.
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about the way that
He loves us, Oh how he loves us.