I don't mean to sound nasty or mean, but I think the question needs to be asked after "Why me?". You know, regardless of what we think, God does not do things to us to hurt us or because he just wants to watch us squirm or suffer. He does not enjoy watching people suffer. And even though it can certainly look like we were created to suffer, we were not. So then the question always comes up, "Why do we experience all this suffering and crap in our lives all the time?" And some things just seem to look like we were born to suffer, like the people who are born blind, or with other worse handicaps like kids who suffer with physical and mental problems. Or people who live in incredible poverty and children who are born into that world, where starvation is a way of life and thousands of inoccent people are dying needlessly all around you. I know that I can't help but ask, "Why all the suffering? What is it all for?" I just saw a movie about the Holocaust of WW2, "The Boy in The Striped Pajamas" and it kept me up late late that night because it all is so unfair, so uncalled for and it makes me so mad and sad. But there is only one answer, Youth.

This is a fallen world. Fallen to sin and seperated from God. History is full of examples of what this seperation is capable of doing. God dosen't cause the suffering or terrible things going on in people's lives, all of that is a direct result of a good thing gone bad. But does that make us bad people, because we are all a product of a fallen world? Not in God's eyes. God loves us all. Every single human being he has created, he loves with a special and personal love. That is why he came here to save us from all of this. That is the main theme of his book and the very reason we are all alive: His extrodinary love for us. Does that make us failiors if we are gay or otherwise and we feel we are less than perfect? No, because everyone on this planet is less than perfect and all imperfect people are equal in God's eyes. There IS no perfect human being...never has been and never will be. Save one, and HE died for us so that we can be with our creator forever. Out of love.

So why not be gay, or a BL, or a GL, or anything else for that matter? Yes, it is difficult to be these things at times, but is it any more difficult than, say, being an alcoholic? I myself am a recovering alcoholic and I can tell you that I would not wish any of the crap I've had to experience in my life on anyone, not even my worst enemies. It's been a VERY hard road to travel and I have many "scars" to show for it. And yes I used to curse God for giving me this thing I have to live with and shout "Why me?". But the only answer I've ever found that makes any kind of sense is to ask "Why not?". I've had to answer that question for myself, just as everyone else must answer it for themselves, because the answer is a personal one and varies from person to person slightly. So why not ask yourself that question, Youth.."Why not?"? The answer might surprise you and it will certainly give you insight into the mind of the one who created you for a good purpose.

With Love in Christ,
Chris