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Queerness Is Next to Godliness
My journey to pride started with humility
I used to think that I had to suppress my queerness to even have a shot at godliness and even then, I’d still be a second-class congregant in the global church. But the Bible was clear:
Good Christians suffer for their faith and don’t burden others with their problems. Good Christians keep their heads down and their noses in the Bible.
At least, that’s what I thought. When I was at this point in my life, I felt like God was putting me through some kind of test. In the end, I was right, but the test wasn’t what I thought it was.
Firstly, I remember sitting in my bed thinking about my understanding of God’s image. I thought I had it all figured out as I kept researching both the affirming and non-affirming side. I was trying to figure out how queerness, both mine and that of others, fit into God’s image. Was it a part of humanity’s sinful nature or was it just another natural variation of like being left-handed? Eventually, I went to sleep with the question on my mind.
When I woke up from a mostly uneventful slumber, I felt God speak to me directly. God asked, “Who are you to say that you know My image?” It was then that I felt a tug at my conscience…
