Tears.

                               

"Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces."  Isaiah 25:8 (NRSV)

These words, echoed in Revelation, are the promise of God.

And this is the attitude we should take to human sexuality.

God will wipe way our tears.

For human sexuality, including homosexuality, is a matter of the heart.

And "the Lord looks on the heart."  1 Samuel 16:7 (NRSV)

So we should not be concerned about sexual indiscretions which compensate for our heart's desire.

These will be taken away.

For God is near to the broken-hearted.

And God's mercy will restore us.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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