Homosexual Christians
Struggling with sin, forgiveness, the heart of Jesus and your walk with the Lord? The following short story may help.

Blind Sinners

By Michael M. Murray

Part 2

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The next morning, Joan read the morning newspaper and drank her coffee around 8 a.m. Frank had already been up since 6 a.m. for his exercise routine – weights and the treadmill. He arrived at work at 7:45 after the short commute. By 8:30 a.m., Joan had picked up her Bible to read three Chapters of Proverbs, her planned study. She praised the Lord for his goodness and asked God to bless her husband and children. Over dinner that evening, Frank and Joan ate the roast Joan had prepared along with salads, rolls, baked potatoes and pudding. “I’ve been thinking about what the pastor said,” Frank told Joan. “We really should think about what it means to love our neighbor as ourselves.” Joan hadn’t thought much about the sermon at all, not since the service ended. “Whatever you think dear.” ”Why don’t we invite the neighbors? We can find some way to mention the Lord to them. Other than the Davidsons, I don’t think anyone else really attends any church,” he said. “You mean a Bible study?” “No, that’s too forward. Let’s have a dinner party. Hopefully, the conversations will have natural moments for us to talk about how much Jesus means to us. Maybe we can give each couple a small gift that includes a special verse.” “I think it’s a terrific idea,” she said. “But who should we invite?” “I don’t know. Maybe four couples so everyone can have a chance to get to know each other better.” “If we invite some and not the others then some people will feel left out,” she said. “Let’s just focus on our immediate neighbors on either side and across the street,” he suggested. “Frank, are you sure you want to invite Brian Johnson? You’ve heard what they say, right? I’m not so sure. What if – ” “He’s a good man Joan. We talk all of the time when the weather is better. We’ve had him to our home when he moved in. He fixed both of our cars. He had great ideas about the landscaping.” “If he is one of those, and we invite him, then it will look like we support that disgusting lifestyle,” she said. “And if we don’t invite him, then what will he think of us?” “Maybe,” she said, “we can just have the dinner for people we don’t know as well. We see Dorothy and Bill Conway all of the time. And I guess we know Brian so we don’t need to contact him. Let’s just invite Cathy and Steve Blankenship, Carol and Jim Miller and Peggie and Ben O’Dell. We only see them once in awhile. Let’s have them over.” “The Conways will be crushed, but I think you’re right. We can just explain if they ask – the same with Brian.” Joan took great care with the invitations and delivered them herself for the personal touch. All three couples agreed to make it. For the special dinner, Joan made baked chicken, fish and rigatoni. If she made too much, she figured it could become a leftover and anyone could take the rest. Jim and Carol Miller arrived first about 6:45 p.m. “Thank you so much for inviting us,” Carol said. “Neighbors just don’t do that very often. We brought a cherry pie for desert.” “Why thank you Carol,” Joan said. The O’Dells and Blankenships walked over just a few minutes before 7 p.m. After everyone settled in, Frank suggested that they enjoy the food right away and then catch up on their lives. Eager to reflect the right tone, Frank said, “Do you mind if we say grace?” Everyone agreed that it would be fine. “We always pray at home,” Peggie said. “Dear heavenly Father,” Frank began, “thank you for this meal and our fine neighbors. We appreciate your mercy and your grace and your provision. Look kindly on all of us this evening. Help us to honor you by the way we celebrate life and treat one another. Amen.” Continue To Part 3 (each part is this length or less) Can homosexual Christians really be Christians? You bet.