As I was reading the Letters to the Editor in The Post and Courier today, I saw a letter that made me sad. The writer of the letter was a gay man that talked about being inspired by a billboard he saw on I-26 that reads "Gay Rights are Civil Right." Now, while I certainly believe that being gay is an abomination to God's creation and clearly spoken against in His word, that's not the part that made me sad as they are still people and should be treated as such regardless of the lifestyle they have chosen.
However, the writer goes on to state that down the road from the first billboard is one that he states "confirms ... that I am all right with the Lord my God." Quoting Isaiah 44:2, the second billboard states, "I am your Creator. You were in My care even before you were born." From this (by the way, the second billboard is actually dealing with abortion, not homosexuality) the writer states that God "knew that I would be gay, and he was OK with it before I even knew and was born. God does not make mistakes ..." Indeed God doesn't, but man most certainly does.
Just because God knows it's going to happen, doesn't mean he's okay with it. For example, God knew that Adam and Eve would sin in the Garden of Eden but would you say he was OK with it? Of course not! When God designed man, he gave us this little trait that is unique among the animal kingdom called free-will where we are free to accept or reject Him.
I'll be praying for the writer of this letter in hopes that his eyes will one day be opened to see that the one true God is not okay with his chosen lifestyle and that he may join us all in heaven one day.
