[Rytwyng]

..you feel as though there's a choice you're going to eventually be forced to make, either to walk away from your faith in God or to deny, reject, or attempt to change your attraction to other women

Every Christian married man faces the same choice.

For that matter, so do Christian singles who are past 30 and are facing the terrifying possibility of never marrying. A few have the "gift of celibacy" and are honestly content living single, sexless lives -- but most of them are in a state of daily agony, crying out to God and wondering why they've been rejected for so many years. (I was unwillingly single til my late 30's, so I speak from experience.)

For those whose marriage is long delayed, or who will never marry at all -- yet are committed to God's law of abstaining from sex outside of heterosexual marriage -- the spiritual struggle is intense and ongoing. This article may be of some value to such a person: Talkdown: Preparing for Singleness when you'd much rather be preparing for marriage

[Rytwyng]

ping... interesting thread

[justanotherfreeper]

Excellent, excellent, excellent post! I have a girlfriend, lively, educated and intelligent, who is still alone in her 40s and it is a real struggle for her. Why do homosexuals think they are they only people who must sacrifice and deny their sexual impulses to follow Christ? And what about married people whose partners become ill or incapacitated -- or are seperated by military service? If I remember right He said "Pick up your cross and come, follow me" not "Let's Party!"

[BibChr]

Exactly right.

This idea, that if we REALLY REALLY WANT something it MUST be good... where did that come from?

Not the Bible.

Dan