From a blog post by Linda Robertson, who prayed to not have a gay son.\u00a0 And, as she writes, their family got their wish, but just not in the way they thought.\u00a0 Her and her husband’s talking about their experiences and their late son is very moving.<\/p>\n
In the years after Ryan came out to us, we often made decisions that caused him to feel distant and alone \u2013 alienated from the people that were supposed to know and love him best. Yes, sometimes parents of teenagers have to make those kind of decisions, and some that we made were, indeed, necessary and wise. But others served no purpose other than to control Ryan out of our own fear, and they resulted in painful division and strife between us.<\/p>\n
Several years ago my friend Jodie said this, \u201cI wonder if it has become easier to oppose ideologies than to actually love people.\u201d There is a great deal of wisdom in that statement. For many Christian parents of LGBTQ adult children, I think it might be easier to \u201ctake a stance for the truth\u201d and avoid attending their weddings, inviting their partners over for dinner, or including the person they are dating to the family Christmas gathering. It is harder, actually, to lean in and be a bit uncomfortable; it is more challenging to make myself vulnerable to being in an unfamiliar situation where I might not know how to act. I might feel out of place or unwanted. And sometimes I have felt out of place and unwanted. But from our experience, each time we take those kind of risks, when we intentionally get out of our comfort zones and follow God into the lives of others, He teaches us \u2013 through them \u2013 so many, many things we couldn\u2019t have learned otherwise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
via Posts | Just Because He Breathes | Learning to Truly Love our Gay Son\u2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Read Linda’s piece in the Huffington Post, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From a blog post by Linda Robertson, who prayed to not have a gay son.\u00a0 And, as she writes, their family got their wish, but just not in the way they thought.\u00a0 Her and her husband’s talking about their experiences … Continue reading