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Key Bible Verse: "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin" (John 8:11b).
Bonus Reading:John 8:3-11

My first counselor wore John Lennon glasses, jeans and a thick sweater with a collar that cradled his inscrutable face. During the first three 90-minute sessions, he didn't say anything except to ask, quietly, "So how can I help you?"

He was the first person I told about the same-sex attraction in my life. "I think I'm a homosexual," I blurted at the beginning of the second session. There, I'd said it. Silence. I looked up at him and he didn't say anything. His face registered neither approval or disgust. "Well," he finally said, "Go on."

My life's revolution started in that nondescript office. The huge, unbearable secret I'd carried, denied even to myself for many years, turned out to be no big deal when seen in the open.

Now, years later, this is one of the only things upon which advocates for same-sex activity and I agree: life is far better outside the closet than in it. The power the attraction holds over life drops sharply when we first admit its existence to ourselves and then to at least one other person whom we trust and know loves and supports us.

—David Morrison in Beyond Gay

God, I need Your help to understand myself and others. Help me to believe You are always loving, always accepting of all sinners, even me.

Adapted from Beyond Gay (Our Sunday Visitor, 2000).

NOTE: For your convenience, Beyond Gay is available in the ChristianityToday.com Shopping Channel.

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Prayer for the Week

God, I need Your help to understand myself and others. Help me to believe You are always loving, always accepting of all sinners, even me.

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