The term homosexual did not come into existence until about 1869, quite a few years after this passage was written. It seems only modern man has a penchant for tightly defining and placing everything and everyone into cubbyholes. While some would have you believe that gay loving relationships are a modern perversion, here is a text right from scripture that gives witness to a loving committed same sex relationship. Far from sex and lust and tawdry 'lifestyles', here we have an example of genuine love.
This is one of passages that my husband and I used in our wedding ceremony several years ago. It was a ceremony of Judeo-Christian origin, celebration and consecration. We have taken our vows to love each other as seriously as any other couple, perhaps more so. I love him and he loves me. My family is his family and his family is mine. It harkens to yet another great gay love story in scripture, that of Ruth and Naomi. We (the gay community) did not just make this stuff up or switch some words around to support our cause or agenda.
The idea or ideal of two becoming one and finding a soul mate is right out of Genesis, it is a God given aspect of our being, our existence. It would seem only in modern times do we have the arrogance to dismiss history and stupidity to try and define humanity in neat little boxes that supposedly has never changed or varied.
Today I celebrate couples and love and the grace of God who blesses us and keeps us. I celebrate myself and my husband and the love we share, foster and witness in our daily lives. Thank you God for the gift of each other and our willingness to embrace a love long sought.
1 Samuel 18
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. And David went out and was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
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